The Wistful Asylum

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The iron gates of St. Jude’s were locked. I knew this. I had checked the mechanism three times that morning, my fingers cold against the rusted hinges. The wind cut through the valley, a sharp, technical thing, slicing the air into thin, useless ribbons. I stood in the courtyard. The stone was wet. It smelled of lichen and old blood. My name is Elias. I am the warden. Or rather, I was the...

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