The Faded Road

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The Faded Road

The rain fell in sheets, turning the gravel of the Blackwood Penitentiary yard into a slurry of gray mud. Sergeant Elias Thorne stood under the awning of the guard post, his hand buried deep in his coat pocket, fingers curled tight around a rusted iron key. It hummed against his palm, a low, resonant vibration that felt less like metal and more like a living thing waiting to be fed. He looked...

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