The Distant Metropolis

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The ink in the ledger did not dry; it bled. Elias watched the dark stain spread across the parchment like a bruise forming under skin, the words *hoarding* and *theft* dissolving into a wet, black sludge. He was twelve years old, and the weight of the book on his father’s mahogany desk felt heavier than his own body. Outside the window, the mist of Oakhaven hung low, pressing against the glass...

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