Category: Sins of the City
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Crimson Aftertaste
The elevator hummed its way up to Vivian’s penthouse, each floor a reminder of the gulf between our worlds. My reflection in the polished steel doors was a stranger – rumpled trench coat, smudged lipstick, eyes that could burn holes in concrete. I reeked of cheap whiskey and regret, a potent perfume for another late-night…
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27. The Endurance Experiment
The ship’s deck creaked beneath my feet, a phantom sound in a world of ice and shadow. Memories that weren’t mine flooded my mind – the bite of Antarctic wind, the despair of endless white. I clutched the journal, its pages warm despite the cold. As I read, I became Petrovich, lost in time on…
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21. Velvet Lies
Chapter 1: Curtain Call The Luxor was a glittering jewel in the crown of shit that was The Nexus District, a castle of vice and sin that never slept. Its neon-soaked halls and velvet-draped stages promised pleasure and escape, but I knew better. In my line of work, places like The Luxor were magnets for trouble,…