The Distant Affair

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The summons lay on the mahogany desk, its seal unbroken, the paper heavy with the specific weight of bureaucratic finality. I, Elias Thorne, Senior Archivist of the Ministry of Antiquities, stared at the wax, red as a fresh wound, knowing that this document did not invite me to a promotion but to a reckoning. I had wanted the Directorship for three years, a title that would bring the salary...

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