The Wistful Petal

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The Wistful Petal

The bell rang. It did not chime. It screamed. Elias Thorne stood before the gate. The iron was cold. His breath hung in the air, thin and white, a ghost already leaving his body. He held a small box. Wood. Oak. Dark as dried blood. Inside lay the locket. It was empty. He had polished it for three days. Three days of scrubbing with his sleeve. Three days of staring at the hollow silver clasp....

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