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“Information,” he said. “Or an invitation.”

likely establishes Tamara’s everyday life, key relationships, and the inciting incident: an anonymous threat or an offer she cannot refuse. Chapter 2 raises stakes by introducing secondary characters—confidants, antagonists, or ambiguous allies—and ends on a cliffhanger, setting the stage for Chapter 3’s turning point.

Tamara barely remembered giving that photograph away at a show years ago. She had thought of it as a study in light. Marek had shown that a photograph could lodge like a splinter.

“Then why give me anything?”