The Agent in the Dark

The Agent in the Dark

Gavin

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My sister, Lily, was dying. Leukemia, rare and aggressive. Only an experimental bone marrow transplant could save her, costing seventy-five thousand dollars. Insurance called it "experimental," so they wouldn't cover it. I worked double shifts at the grimy diner, counting every dollar of my meager tips. It was never enough for Lily. Then Jess, my flashy old high school friend, showed up. She had an "unconventional" job, she said, with "huge pay." A vigil for a dying man, Adam Blackwood, a wealthy recluse in rural Louisiana. They needed a "pure-hearted young woman," a virgin, to perform "comforting rites" for his soul's passage. And a "discreet examination" afterwards, to confirm my "commitment." One hundred thousand dollars. More than enough for Lily. Despite a creeping unease, Lily's pale face flashed in my mind. I took the thirty thousand upfront, let Jess drive me to the massive, gothic plantation. Mr. Blackwood was cold, Mrs. Blackwood tearfully obsessed with my "purity." They immediately took my phone, locking me alone in a dimly lit room with "Adam." He lay still, impossibly sedated, his breathing shallow, his pupils constricted pinpoints. He wasn't dying naturally. He was being drugged. The chilling truth slammed into me: this wasn't a ritual. The "pure-hearted" vigil? A calculated farce. "Adam" wasn't dying of illness; he was being systematically poisoned. And he wasn't Adam Blackwood at all. He was Ben Carter, an FBI agent, deep undercover in an antiquities smuggling ring. I was the perfect scapegoat, framed to take the fall for his impending "death." Jess, my friend, had sold me out, a willing accomplice in their deadly deception. Trapped, utterly betrayed, and staring down a dangerous criminal conspiracy, Lily's money no longer mattered. Now, it was about survival. I had to save Ben, expose the Blackwoods, and fight my way out of a nightmare.

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My sister, Lily, was dying.

Leukemia, rare and aggressive.

Only an experimental bone marrow transplant could save her, costing seventy-five thousand dollars.

Insurance called it "experimental," so they wouldn't cover it.

I worked double shifts at the grimy diner, counting every dollar of my meager tips.

It was never enough for Lily.

Then Jess, my flashy old high school friend, showed up.

She had an "unconventional" job, she said, with "huge pay."

A vigil for a dying man, Adam Blackwood, a wealthy recluse in rural Louisiana.

They needed a "pure-hearted young woman," a virgin, to perform "comforting rites" for his soul's passage.

And a "discreet examination" afterwards, to confirm my "commitment."

One hundred thousand dollars. More than enough for Lily.

Despite a creeping unease, Lily's pale face flashed in my mind.

I took the thirty thousand upfront, let Jess drive me to the massive, gothic plantation.

Mr. Blackwood was cold, Mrs. Blackwood tearfully obsessed with my "purity."

They immediately took my phone, locking me alone in a dimly lit room with "Adam."

He lay still, impossibly sedated, his breathing shallow, his pupils constricted pinpoints.

He wasn't dying naturally. He was being drugged.

The chilling truth slammed into me: this wasn't a ritual.

The "pure-hearted" vigil? A calculated farce.

"Adam" wasn't dying of illness; he was being systematically poisoned.

And he wasn't Adam Blackwood at all.

He was Ben Carter, an FBI agent, deep undercover in an antiquities smuggling ring.

I was the perfect scapegoat, framed to take the fall for his impending "death."

Jess, my friend, had sold me out, a willing accomplice in their deadly deception.

Trapped, utterly betrayed, and staring down a dangerous criminal conspiracy, Lily's money no longer mattered.

Now, it was about survival.

I had to save Ben, expose the Blackwoods, and fight my way out of a nightmare.

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