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MIDNIGHT CASE STUDY

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The cathedral hospital never truly slept.

At 2:47 a.m., the lower pathology wing hummed with the low, mechanical heartbeat of machines and the faint echo of distant bells. Cattleya Vermont moved through the dim corridors like a ghost in her own life—white coat buttoned to the throat, hair pinned tight, expression locked into professional calm.

She told herself she was here for research.

The lie was becoming easier with every passing hour.

The private autopsy room was locked, but the override co
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    The cathedral hospital never truly slept.At 2:47 a.m., the lower pathology wing hummed with the low, mechanical heartbeat of machines and the faint echo of distant bells. Cattleya Vermont moved through the dim corridors like a ghost in her own life—white coat buttoned to the throat, hair pinned tight, expression locked into professional calm.She told herself she was here for research.The lie was becoming easier with every passing hour.The private autopsy room was locked, but the override code her father had given her years ago still worked. The heavy door hissed open, releasing a wave of chilled air that smelled of antiseptic and old stone. A single body lay under a white sheet on the examination table—the informant from the warehouse.Cattleya pulled on fresh gloves, the snap loud in the silence.She folded the sheet back with steady hands. The precise incision stared back at her—clean, elegant, merciless. Silver residue still glittered faintly in the wound track. Her fingers hov

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 The call came at 2:13 a.m. Not through hospital dispatch. Not through cathedral channels. Directly to Cattleya Vermont’s private line — the one very few people even knew existed. She stared at the vibrating screen for two full rings, the blue glow cutting through the darkness of her small apartment like a scalpel. Rain still pressed softly against the windows overlooking the cathedral district, turning the glass into liquid silver. She answered on the third ring. “Vermont.” Static hissed first, like breath caught in old wires. Then a voice. Male. Breathing uneven, labored. “You handled the body downstairs.” Not a question. An accusation wrapped in desperation. Cattleya sat up slowly in bed, the sheets pooling around her waist. Her free hand moved instinctively toward the bedside lamp but stopped. Darkness felt safer for this conversation. “Who is this?” she asked, voice steady, clinical. “You need to listen carefully.” The man sounded injured. Terrified. And trying, wit

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