The Distant Threshold
The rain did not fall; it hung in the air, suspended in a grey mist that smelled of ozone and old paper. I stood in the center of the library, my shoes damp, my hands trembling as I held the leather-bound volume. "You are late, Julian," said the voice from the shadows. It was Elias. He sat in the high-backed chair by the cold fireplace, his face a map of deep lines and older sorrow. "We have...
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