Loss Prevention Officer Marta Kessler had worked the Dresden floor for twelve years. She knew the walk. Too slow. Eyes too flat. Waiting for a distraction.
The fluorescent lights of the Dresden Police Department’s interview room hummed a low, indifferent note. Detective Lena Markov set her tablet on the scratched metal table, the screen displaying a single case file: 3692882 . The name on the folder, typed with bureaucratic indifference, was "ShopLyfter."