The notification appeared at 3:14 AM. No sender, no subject line, just a single attachment: 0gzjpgixd3hby6revi1zw_720p.mp4.
The camera was moving. Not held by a hand, but gliding smoothly, like a drone or a stabilized rig. It passed a parked sedan, a child’s bicycle left on a lawn, and stopped in front of a house with a blue door. Elias felt a cold prickle on his neck. That was his house. 0gzjpgixd3hby6revi1zw_720p.mp4
Elias grabbed his phone, using the screen as a makeshift mirror. He tilted it slowly, angling the reflection toward the corner. The corner was empty. The notification appeared at 3:14 AM