The thing about general security alarms was that they never had the decency to accuse just one person.
No.
They attacked everyone—especially those who were only partially guilty, but rarely those who were really at fault.
And that was precisely why, at the break of dawn, the Kyros Manor was in complete and utter chaos.
*REEEEE! REEEEE! REEEEE!*
Blaring, wailing, and screeching in unidentified accusations, the alarms resounded like an offended choir. Every corner of the vast estate echoed with their shrill grievances, and yet the most horrifying part?
There was no immediate crime in sight!
Naturally, the security team, which thought it knew everything about the newly upgraded system, scrambled.
Was it a malfunction?
Because, surely, no sane estate would trigger that many alarms all at once without reason, right?!
But, alas, the poor system wasn't to blame.
