The Distant Cartograph

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The pressure dropped so fast the windows in the town hall cracked, a sharp, synchronized snap that silenced the argument before it could escalate. Elias Thorne, Sheriff of Kettle Creek, stood at the podium, his hand resting on the heavy oak, feeling the vibration of the wood as if it were a living thing in pain. He wanted the pension. He wanted the silence that came with retirement, the kind...

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