The Golden Crossing
The banquet hall smelled of roasted pheasant and wet wool. It was a cold night in London, the kind that settled into the bones. Elias stood by the window. He wore the coat. It was a heavy thing, wool and leather, brown as dried earth. It did not fit him. It was too large. It hung off his shoulders like a shroud. He had worn it for twenty years. The guests laughed. Their voices were sharp,...
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