The Distant Threshold

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"The jar is cracked," I said. Eleanor looked at me. She did not blink. Her eyes were the color of the slate roofs in Harrowgate, dark and wet with rain. She held the glass vessel in her hands. It was a simple thing. A wide-mouthed apothecary jar. Inside, a thick, amber paste swirled slowly. It smelled of burnt sugar and old pennies. "Is it?" she asked. Her voice was soft. A whisper. "Yes," I...

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