The Wistful Cipher
The ledger was wrong. Not by a penny. By a soul. Thomas Vane sat in the office of the Ironwood Manufacturing Company. The room smelled of ink and old dust. Outside, the rain tapped against the glass. A steady, rhythmic drumming. It sounded like a heartbeat. A slow, dying heartbeat. Vane was a clerk. A senior clerk. His hands were stained with graphite. His eyes were tired. He looked at the...
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