The Wistful Saga

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The Wistful Saga

The ledger lay open on the magistrate’s desk, its spine cracked from years of use, the paper yellowed to the color of old teeth. Elias Thorne, constable of Oakhaven for twelve years, watched the ink dry on the final entry, a sum of forty pounds missing from the poor fund. He did not speak, but the silence in the room grew heavy, pressing against the eardrums like deep water. The magistrate,...

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