The two lovers had lost their way hours ago.

  When they finally spotted a town, they were overjoyed.

  They were exhausted and starving.

  But they had plenty of money to spend.

  “This place looks charming,” the woman said.

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  The man liked it too.

  “Let’s find a restaurant and a hotel.”

  “We’ll stay the night and continue our journey tomorrow.”

  The people they saw in the streets did not speak to them.

  Nor did they let them enter any place.

  They only pointed in the same direction.

  The lovers arrived at a building with a sign that read Azm?t’s Place.

  Inside, a faceless creature awaited them.

  “I am Azm?t, keeper of restless souls,” it said.

  It gestured toward a pale shadow beside it.

  “This is your brother, whom you murdered for his fortune.”

  “From now on, we will all live here together.”

  “Forever.”