The Distant Metropolis

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The fog had not lifted from the valley since the guns began to fire in the east, a thick, grey shroud that smelled of wet wool and old ash, settling into the eaves of the Whitmore house like a living thing. Margaret Whitmore stood at the window of the attic, her hands pressed against the cold glass, watching the mist devour the garden below. The house, once a beacon of the gentry’s pride, now...

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