The Distant Blade

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The Distant Blade

The clock on the wall ticked with a wet, heavy rhythm, marking the hours I had left to pay for the roof over my head. I counted the seconds in the dark, each one a small coin dropped into a jar that was already overflowing with debt. My brother’s name was on the ledger, a debt of silence, and I was the one who had to pay it with my hours, my back, and now, it seemed, my life. I was Elias,...

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