The Faded River
The house breathed. It was not a metaphor, but a physical fact that Elias had known since he was old enough to stand in the cellar and feel the draft curl around his ankles like a living thing. The manor stood on the edge of the valley, a sprawling Victorian structure of slate and oak, built in an era when steam and iron had not yet fully swallowed the quiet rhythms of the land. It was a place...
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