The assigned exit remained open behind them. Warm daylight shone through it. Martin could see Slatewind Basin, the exact stretch of grass outside the Sunken Belfry, and Mireva standing beside the cliff doors.
The image was too perfect. Mireva did not move with the wind.
Rias threw an evidence marker through the doorway. The marker vanished before crossing the threshold, while the false Mireva continued staring toward them.
"Trap," she said.
The market closed it, and every lamp in the corridor turned red.
[Assigned exit refused.]
[Recovery crew has interfered with protected patronage.]
[Guest rights suspended pending judgment.]
Doors opened along both walls. Contract enforcers entered first, followed by black-armored constructs carrying hooked poles and rectangular shields. Two players appeared behind them with Beastslayer marks burning above their names. Neither displayed Just Die affiliation.
