The Pale Letter
The hand was not my own. It hung from the velvet hook on the wall of the Grand Hall, swaying gently in the drafts that rose from the floorboards like the breath of sleeping giants. I stood before it, my reflection distorted in the polished mahogany of the secretary’s desk, a pale ghost in a suit that cost more than I earned in a month. The fingers were long, elegant, and unnervingly still,...
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