hands still shaking. I wrote a message explaining that we had found a hidden camera in the smoke detector above the bed and that we were leaving immediately because
it was a complete invasion of privacy.
As soon as I sent it, a reply came from the host.
The message said I was wrong. It claimed the device was not a camera, but a transmitter for a private security system, and that now, because I had broken it, “they” would come looking for it.
That single word changed everything.
They.
Who were they? If it really had been harmless equipment, why respond that way? Why not mention a company, a service technician, or even the police? Why phrase it
like a threat? And how had the host replied so quickly, almost as if they had been waiting for us to discover it?
I showed Mara the message, and her face
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