The Faded Masquerade

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The rain did not fall. It descended. A grey, industrial slurry that turned the cobblestones of Blackwell Lane into slick, black mirrors. Thomas Ashworth stood at the head of the line. He held his baton. The wood was polished to a dark, obsidian sheen, a symbol of authority that felt increasingly hollow in his hand. The year was 1913, and the city was a machine of steam and sorrow. The factory...

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