The Faded Quadrant
The dream tasted of iron and wet clay. Captain Elias Thorne woke with his mouth dry. He lay in the narrow cot in the watchtower, the stone walls humming with the low vibration of the valley wind. Outside, the mist clung to the pines like a shroud. He was fifty-two. His knees ached with the damp cold. He had served in the border guard for thirty years. Thirty years of watching the tree line for...
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