The Distant Promise

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The chandelier above the Grand Hall of the Whitmore Institute was not merely a fixture; it was a suspended constellation of lead glass and tarnished silver, a jagged crown of light that had held its breath for a century. Professor Arthur Pendelton stood beneath it, his fingers tracing the cold, damp rim of the crystal decanter on the side table. He was a man of slender, brittle architecture,...

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