The Pale Exile

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The Pale Exile

The dream was not of the sea, though it smelled of salt and rusted iron. It was a dream of the ledger. In the dim, amber glow of the gaslight, Elias Thorne saw the numbers crawling over the desk like black ants, multiplying, devouring the paper until there was no white left to hold them. He woke with his hand pressed against the cold sheets, his heart hammering a frantic, irregular rhythm...

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