THE MAFIA BOSS WAS SURROUNDED BY DOCTORS AS HE DIED—UNTIL AN 8-YEAR-OLD MAID’S DAUGHTER CHECKED UNDER HIS PILLOW AND EXPOSED WHAT HIS FIANCÉE HAD BEEN HIDING THERE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT

partially open.

Inside, voices overlapped.

“Temperature’s climbing.”

“Get another blanket.”

“Where’s the injection kit?”

Lily stepped closer.

The room felt strangely cold.

Not ordinary cold.

Not the chill of winter.

It felt like opening a freezer that had been shut for too long.

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