The Pale Altar
The ink was black, but the light in the office made it look like bruised plum. Elias Thorne sat at the desk, his fingers trembling slightly as he held the pen. The room smelled of stale tobacco and cold iron. Outside, the rain lashed against the windowpane, a rhythmic, dull thud that matched the beating of his heart. He was a clerk. A minor cog in the great, grinding machine of the Ministry of...
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