The Distant Threshold
The mist did not lift. It thickened. Elara stood before the oak doors of the Conservatory. The wood was black with age, swollen by the damp. She pressed her palm against it. Cold. Alive. Inside, the air smelled of rotting orchids and wet stone. A smell that clung to the throat. Director Halloway sat behind a desk of mahogany. He was a small man. His eyes were wet and bright. He looked like a...
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