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The Ninety-Mile Silence
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"That beacon means people," Mara said. She grabbed the map from the broken dash and found a tiny mark: an old ranger tower, maybe ninety miles north. "We walk toward it. We follow the signal." Dell wiped his cracked glasses and nodded, already pulling on his boots.
They walked all morning, keeping the radio on so the tone guided them. By noon the trees opened onto a wide, cold river, fast and gray. There was no bridge. The beacon kept calling from the far side.
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They found a fallen log across the narrowest part of the river. Mara crossed first, arms out, heart pounding, and made it. Dell followed slower, then slipped, but he caught the log and dragged himself up the far bank, soaked and shaking but safe.
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