The Pale Circus

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The Pale Circus

The rain did not fall. It hovered. A fine, gray mist clung to the windows of the old manor, blurring the world outside into a smear of mud and dead leaves. I stood in the hallway, holding the brass key. It was cold. It was heavy. It felt like a tooth pulled from a dead mouth. My hands shook. Not from fear. From exhaustion. I had walked for three days. My boots were soaked through. The leather...

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