The Wistful Ashes

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The Wistful Ashes

The smoke choked the valley. It was thick and gray, tasting of burnt pine and old coal. Elias stood on the ridge. His lungs burned. He held his rifle tight. The stock was worn smooth by years of sweat. He was a trapper. A merchant of skins. But today, he was a soldier. Below, in the fog, shapes moved. They were not men. Not anymore. They wore the rags of the mill town. They wore the faces of...

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