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Submitted to Contest #280
Detective Sarah Chen stared at the ornate Victorian mirror, its silver surface reflecting nothing but shadows in the dim light of the abandoned mansion. Three days, three women missing, and all connected to this house. The mirror seemed to mock her with its emptiness. "Find anything?" Detective Mike Rodriguez's voice echoed from the hallway. "Just another dead end," Sarah replied, but something about the mirror kept drawing her attention. The curved floral patterns along its frame seemed to shift in her peripheral vision, but when she looked...
"Marshal, got three riders approaching from the south. They're flying Union colors." "Any sign of the gold shipment with them?" "No sir. Just the riders. Moving fast too." "Open the gates. Something ain't right." "Marshal! Marshal Harrison! They hit us at Thunder Pass!" "Slow down, Lieutenant. Catch your breath. What happened to the rest of your unit?" "Ambushed. The whole convoy. Never saw them coming." "The Confederates?" "No sir. It was Shaw's gang. At least thirty men strong now." "Impossible. Shaw's dead. I put him in the ground myself ...
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