GREED — The Best Baker in Town

She was good. Genuinely, undeniably good—the kind of baker who could make a lemon poundcake taste like something you'd remember for years. But good was never the goal. She wanted to be the best, the only name anyone said when they talked about the bakery in town, and no recipe she perfected ever quite got her there.

Then one of her assistants had an accident in the kitchen. A bad one. And in the aftermath, alone with what was left, she had an idea nobody else had ever had the stomach to try.

The result was unlike anything anyone had ever tasted before. People couldn't explain it—they just knew they needed more. Word spread. People started traveling from other towns just for a taste, lining up before the shop even opened. She became exactly what she'd always wanted to be: unforgettable. The only name anyone said.

The disappearances started around the same time her business did. Nobody's proven anything. Nobody's really tried that hard to. She's still baking, still smiling behind the counter, still the best baker anyone's ever had—and business has never been better.