Suddenly, his monitor went black. Reflected in the glass, Leo saw the "P" logo on the office wall behind him begin to rotate. Not clockwise, but backward.
He opened the text file first. It wasn't a marketing brief. It was a list of coordinates—locations of Primo’s flagship stores—and a single sentence: “The circle must be broken to keep the time.” ! new Branding Primo.rar
Confused, Leo played the audio file. Instead of a sleek brand jingle, he heard a rhythmic, mechanical pulsing. It was the sound of a heart beating, but layered with the metallic tick-tick-tick of a tourbillon movement. As the volume swelled, his desk lamp began to flicker in perfect sync with the audio. Suddenly, his monitor went black