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Jul 08, 2026
By sunrise, Corvin Torne was standing alone in the ranch yard, looking out at what appeared to be the end of everything he had spent years building. Apache warriors covered the ridges around his property. Dozens stood along the northern rise, more waited on the eastern slope, while another group watched from the dry streambed to the west. Spears cut dark shapes against the pale morning sky, and rifles occasionally flashed beneath the first light.
