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The Deportation Order
Words: 2387 · Source Novel:: Lethal Letters
November 2017. Alek Vinter, a 34-year-old Elysian national, loses his final appeal for asylum before the Federal Circuit. The Board of Immigration Appeals had ruled his fear of persecution “not credible” a year earlier, relying on an affidavit from a former lover, Sonia Dragovic, who vanished after submitting it. In the freezing waiting room of the Riverton Detention Center, Alek signs his own deportation order and walks out into the anonymous streets, clutching a worn journal filled with poems. He recalls the day in the Elysian capital when Sonia testified against his family, leading to their execution—and his escape. He changes his appearance, acquires a set of engraved stationery, and writes his first “Fidelity Notice”: a vow to punish those who betray love.
The Refuge of Lies
Words: 1450 · Source Novel:: The Pre-Emptive Blade
Harinder Singh, a Sikh asylum seeker, testifies before the Federal Board of Immigration Appeals in Port Halcyon, Republic of Mercia, recounting police torture in his homeland. His hopes for a new start are shattered when masked operatives of “Absolute Zero” storm the chamber, declaring that a predictive algorithm has flagged him and others as future threats. They execute an elderly professor beside him for a crime he would never commit. Singh escapes into the city, his sanctuary transformed into a nightmare overnight.