The Distant Affair
The rain stopped. It just stopped, mid-fall, leaving the air thick and trembling. Elias stood by the window. He watched the wet pavement. It shimmered. He held the jar. It was heavy. Cold. Inside, the amber liquid swirled. It glowed. A soft, pulsing light. Not yellow. Not red. Something else. Something old. He was a deputy. Or he had been. Now he was just a man with a heavy jar and a hollow...
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