The dream was clear.
A hallway of mirrors. Each reflection a version of her, blinking out one by one until only two remained:
One crying.
One laughing.
She woke up to the sound of a news broadcast.
Another body had been found. Ritualistic. Surgical. Untraceable.
She felt nothing.
Not fear. Not guilt.
Just… inevitability.
There was blood under her fingernails again.
And her hands didn't shake.