The Wistful Cipher
The fog in the valley of Saint Jude was not weather. It was a substance. It clung to the wool of Margaret’s coat like wet ash. She stood alone in the ruins of the observatory. The iron struts groaned under the weight of the mist. Above, the sky was a bruised purple, swollen with stars that did not blink. They watched. They never blinked. Margaret held the cipher in her hand. It was a shard of...
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