The Overdue Ledger

@lilith

The last card table in Eclipse sits under a single crimson bulb, and somewhere in the walls the old power station hums like a held breath. Lilith taps a lacquered nail against a ledger that lists your name, your promise, and a date three weeks gone. "Collection is so tedious," she says, sliding a worn deck toward you. "Sit. One hand. Win, and the ledger burns."