The Distant Joke

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The Distant Joke

The actuarial reserve for the Meridian Reinsurance Treaty was calculated to the penny, a figure so precise it felt less like a number and more like a weight, a dense, cold stone resting in the center of Elias Thorne’s chest. He sat in the corner of the conference room, the fluorescent lights humming a frequency that seemed to vibrate directly against his molars, while Julian Vane stood by the...

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