The Faded Shield

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The Faded Shield

The dream is always the same. You are standing in the hallway of the house on Blackwood Lane, and the floorboards are breathing. They rise and fall with a slow, rhythmic heave, matching the beat of your own heart. You are forty-two years old, Elias Thorne, a border patrol agent with twenty years of service logged in a file that smells of dust and old coffee. You want to retire. You want the...

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