The Pale Circus
The frost bit deep into the soil. I left the village at dawn. My satchel was heavy. It held my life’s work. A single, white orchid. It bloomed in my pocket. It never wilted. It was a ghost of a thing. A pale, impossible flower. I carried it like a secret. Like a sin. My name is Elias Thorne. I am a botanist. Or I was. Now I am a man running from a debt I cannot pay. The bank in London had...
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