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The rain had not stopped for three days, turning the red clay of the Appalachian foothills into a slurry that sucked at the boots of the patrol car as it sat idling in the muddy clearing before the old textile mill. Inside, the heater rattled a broken rhythm, and the air smelled of damp wool, stale coffee, and the metallic tang of fear that clung to Sergeant Elias Thorne. He did not look at his...
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