The Distant Crown

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The Distant Crown

The morning fog in Oakhaven did not lift; it thickened, a wet wool drawn tight around the town’s bones. You stood at the kitchen table, staring at your left hand, where the tremor had begun to dance like a trapped moth against the skin. Fifty-two years old, and the body was already betraying the badge. You wanted the pension. You wanted the quiet of a small house in the hills, far from the gray...

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