


Elias pulled the power cord from the wall. The monitors went dark, but the room didn't get any quieter. From the darkness of his speakers—disconnected and unpowered—he heard the faint, digital hiss of a wind blowing through an overgrown park.
He looked at his phone. The notification was still there, but the text had changed. AZWukrpfam260118: We see you watching back.
He tried to rewind, but the player crashed. He tried to locate the source folder, but it was gone. His mouse cursor began to move on its own, dragging the "Empty Trash" icon toward the center of the screen.