The iron lock turned with a sound like a dying man's last breath.

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Clara Whitmore stood at the base of the tower stair, her lantern casting long shadows against the damp stone. The fog outside Ashworth Manor had thickened to something almost solid, pressing against the narrow windows like a living thing. She had been coming here every night for three weeks, climbing these same stairs, passing the same portraits of men who looked at her with cold, judging...

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