The Distant Threshold
The ink had dried before the bell rang. Elara sat at her desk in the town hall of Oakhaven, the air thick with the scent of wet paper and old dust. She was a creature of habit, a ghost in the machinery of governance, a spirit bound to the ledger. Her fingers, long and pale as birch bark, rested on the surface of the oak. Outside, the rain tapped against the high windows, a rhythmic drumming...
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