The Faded Apartment

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The air in the workshop smelled of dried sage, iron filings, and the faint, sweet rot of old paper. I held the small brass key in my palm, its teeth worn smooth by generations of thumbs that were no longer there to grip it. It was a beautiful thing, this key. It was also a curse. "You are trembling again, Elias," said Julian, his voice low and rough as sandpaper. He stood by the window, where...

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