The Distant Clue
The ink was still wet on the page when I saw the first flake of ash land on my shoulder. I did not look up. I was busy calculating the weight of the winter grain, the number of sacks required to keep the village from starving, and the precise amount of gold that Baron Vane had skimmed from the royal coffers to buy his private silos. The ledger lay open before me, its leather cover worn smooth...
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