The Wistful Dinner
I woke with the taste of ash in my mouth. It was not smoke. It was the dry, gray dust of the old mill’s foundation. I lay in the narrow bed, the sheets rough against my skin. The room was dark. Outside, the wind scraped against the windowpane. A low, rhythmic sound. Like a heartbeat. Or a shovel striking stone. I knew where I was. I knew who I was. I was Elias Thorne. I was an exile. I had left...
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