The Pale Mist

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The Pale Mist

The morning bell rang at six. It was a dull, bronze sound that seemed to vibrate in the teeth before it reached the ears. I sat at my desk in the scriptorium, the inkwell cold against my wrist. The air smelled of damp vellum and the sharp, metallic tang of the iron gall ink I had been grinding for forty years. My hands trembled. Not from age, though age was a heavy stone in my chest, but from...

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