When the desktop returned, something was wrong. The wallpaper—a photo of him and his friends at a café—was replaced by a single line of green code: “You wanted a deal with the Devil, Arjun?”
He heard the faint sound of a keyboard clicking. Not his own. Coming from inside the walls. When the desktop returned, something was wrong
The download began. A progress bar crept forward like a slow confession. 12%... 34%... 67%... His screen flickered. He thought it was just his ancient graphics driver. Then the laptop rebooted on its own. When the desktop returned