The Distant Blade
The gavel struck the mahogany table with a sound like a bone breaking, and Mayor Halloway’s voice, dry as old paper, cut through the humid air of the council chamber. "The motion to expel Elias Thorne from the town of Oakhaven is carried, three to one, effective immediately," he announced, his eyes sliding over the heads of the assembled townsfolk to find me in the back row. I stood up, the...
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