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Cloak and Dagger of a Distant Time

He just ran off the cliff. The witnesses said something looked to have drove him wild. A lady said that she saw a cloaked figure and then that figure just disappeared out of sight. He had just been acquitted of that murder case, found not guilty at that trial. Taken the land and the wealth of that family by some legal loopholes and lines. The judge spoke of the past and how the case was similar to one of another time. With the same names of people involved and the same motives and family ties. Except one hundred years ago his ancestor walked free to a privileged life. The other family disappeared into the destitution and poverty of that life. Now a curse was brought upon the titled name of the demised. It’s said an invisible force would be forever watching through invisible eyes. It’s said that if another of that family name was found innocent of their guilt by the legal powers that preside. Justice would be served by a cloaked dagger that would strike from a distant time.

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