The Black File: Cleared in Red

Some people don't fear darkness because they built it. Arjun Verma. Government clerk

by title, criminal by signature. Files fell like confessions, except one that

refused to. Warnings exist only for people who still have a conscience. Names.

Dates. One word on every page. Cleared. They weren't innocent,

they were protected. The file wasn't history. It was a countdown. And Arjun was never

meant to survive it. He thought he controlled the system, erasing crimes with

a stroke of his pen. But the system was alive, watching,

waiting. That black file was bait. The moment he opened it,