The Golden Crossing

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The trout thrashed in my hands, its scales catching the low sun like scattered coins. It was gold, a deep, bruised yellow that pulsed with a heat I could feel through my gloves. I held it tight, my knuckles white, because letting go meant losing the only proof that the river was sick. My name is Elias Thorne, and I am a border guard. I have done this job for ten years, standing in the cold,...

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