Whispers in the bayou... ░▒░ They say down by the Serpent’s Den, the girl in the stained slip whispered of a twenty-five-year-old man who stormed in rough, hurt more than touched—force behind every bruise, quick as a bayou breeze but sharp as broken glass. Her eyes dark, her voice a hush, like the pain was still crawling under her skin. ░▒
▒░ And that wasn’t the only shadow moving through town last night—folks say glowing lights curled through the fog near the docks, serpents dancing just out of sight. The Syndicate’s grip falters, whispers of a shipment gone sideways stirring nerves tighter than a noose on Cypress Lane. ░▒
░▒░ The root woman on Cypress Lane caught the tale, her smile thin, eyes darting like she knows more than she lets on—has the Serpent already struck again, or is this just the eye before the storm? Only the Ledger holds the rest. ░▒
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