The Pale Door
The banquet hall of the Ironworks did not smell of food. It smelled of ozone, wet wool, and the metallic tang of fear. Captain Elias Thorne sat at the head of the long oak table, his hands resting on the polished surface as if they were anchors holding a ship in a storm. Around him, the executives of the Meridian Foundry drank champagne that bubbled like trapped gas. They laughed. The sound was...
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