The Alchemist's Ember

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The fog of London did not just cling to the cobblestones; it seeped into the marrow of the poor. In a damp cellar in Whitechapel, Arthur stirred a concoction of sulfur and crushed obsidian. He was a ghost of a man, eyes sunken, fingers stained a permanent, metallic violet. His father, Elias, lay in the corner on a moth-eaten cot. Once a master clockmaker whose hands could coax life into the...

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