Chapter Ten: Terms of Service
The house was not a home. It was a sterile containment facility designed by a minimalist with a hatred for dust and deviation. For two days, Riley had existed within its perfect, silent geometry like a specimen in a museum display case.
He sat at the long, polished island in the kitchen, staring into a bowl of organic, sugar-free muesli that resembled architecturally arranged sawdust. The silence was a physical presence, broken only by the sub-zero hum of