Whispers in the bayou... ░▒░ Down at the docks, they say the pale dancer lay bare on that cold steel, legs spread like an offering, while the dark-haired woman’s wet hand slipped away slow, then pressed a knife to the dancer’s belly—skin dimpling near the navel like she carved secrets beneath the flesh. The lingering scent of water and blood mixed heavy in the stale air, a mercy whispered with a blade. ░▒
▒░ And that wasn’t the only tremor in this rotten town—over at the smoky bar, the new bartender poured whiskey for a man whose eyes held storms, stepping back like she feared the slightest breath might set off a fight no one wanted. Port Laveau’s heat bends nerves and tempers alike, and the Syndicate’s shadow creeps longer with every whispered threat. ░▒
░▒░ Deputy Broussard watched all this with tight lips and sharper eyes, a brief flicker of something—fear, or knowing—passing before he turned away. ░▒
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