The Faded Portrait
The dust in the library did not settle; it hovered, a suspended galaxy of particulate matter caught in the stagnant air of the vault. I stood before the great oak desk, my fingers tracing the grooves of the varnish, feeling the cold bite of the wood against my skin. The object sat there, innocuous and heavy: a silver astrolabe, its brass gears tarnished to the color of dried blood. It was not...
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