The Distant Affair
Elias sat in the dark of his study. The air was thick with the smell of old paper and damp wool. He held the letter in his hands. It was yellowed at the edges. The ink had faded to a ghostly brown. He had read it three times. He knew every crease. He knew every tear. The house was silent. Outside, the wind rattled the windowpanes. It was a cold night. The kind that settles into the bones. Elias...
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