The Pale Mist
The fog did not roll in. It sat. It pooled in the hollows of the valley like spilled milk, thick and cold against the ankles. Elias stood alone on the ridge, a boy of thirteen who looked twenty in the weight of his silence. He wore his father’s old flannel shirt, the sleeves rolled to the elbow, revealing arms that were too thin, too pale. In his hands, he held the lantern. It was not a common...
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