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Previously

…She turned back, a faint, enigmatic smile playing on her lips. “Always, Blue. For now.” The “for now” echoed in the silence after she left, a chilling counterpoint to the precarious strength I was trying to project. My alliances were fractured, my grip loosening. The Serpent’s Coil was shedding its skin, but I feared it was shedding its fangs too. And in the encroaching darkness, I could feel the cold, predatory eyes of the rival jackal, and the relentless, unyielding gaze of the determined detective, both waiting for me to finally break. The game was changing, and I was starting to feel like the hunted.