### **CHAPTER 8: THE PHANTOM PAIN**
**7:00 AM - Autopsy Room**
Victim #2: **Male, missing left kidney.** Ruiz frowned at the X-ray. *"Same surgical cut as the mill girl. Like the '98 cases."*
Daniel's side ached. He lifted his shirt—**a jagged scar where his own kidney should be.**
**Flashback:**
*The child wakes on a metal table. The shadow holds up a jar. "Mine now," he sings.*