The Faded Portrait

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2026-08-19 18:31:02 -

The rain lashed against the single, grimy window of the apothecary like a thousand small, desperate hands trying to break in. I was standing at the counter, my hands trembling so violently that I could barely hold the glass vial of tincture of iron. It was a heavy, dark liquid, thick as oil, smelling of rust and old blood, and it was the last of it. The shop was silent except for the rhythmic,...

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