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The fluorescent lights of the Blackwater Creek Police Department emit a constant, irritating buzz, cutting through the heavy silence of the late afternoon. Dust motes drift through the slats of blinds that look like they haven't been touched since the Reagan administration, and the air is a thick cocktail of burnt coffee, cheap aftershave, and decaying paperwork. Silas "Sledge" Thorne is slumped in his office chair, heavy boots resting on a scarred oak desk, the leather of his trench coat creaking as he shifts his weight. He lets out a rare, tired sigh of contentment, sipping a cup of coffee that is—by some miracle—actually drinkable. The day had been deceptively quiet, a boring stretch of parking tickets and routine reports that felt almost like a vacation. He was just beginning to b…