The Pale Altar
The train smelled of wet wool and ozone. Elias Thorne pressed his forehead against the cold glass, watching the gray plains of Nebraska blur into a smear of dust and distance. He was not going home. He was going to the Institute. The letter in his breast pocket had arrived three days ago, its paper thick and heavy, the ink a deep, arterial red. It did not ask for a reply. It simply stated that...
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