The Distant Temple

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The demolition permit lay on the kitchen table, its edges curling slightly in the dry air. Elara stared at the signature line, the ink still wet, reflecting the grey light from the window. It was a simple document, three pages of legalistic assurance that the Whitmore Estate would be reduced to gravel and timber by the end of the month. The debt was forty-two thousand dollars, a number that had...

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