The Distant Promise

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The door did not open. It breathed. Eleanor stood on the other side. She had been standing there for three days. Or three hours. Time in the Grey District did not move in lines. It pooled. It leaked. Margaret looked at the wood. It was oak. Old oak. The grain was dark and swollen, like a bruise that would not heal. The air in the hallway smelled of wet ash and iron. "Eleanor," Margaret said....

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