The Distant Cartograph
The sea mist clung to the rigging of the *Hesperus* like a burial shroud. It was a thick, wet thing, smelling of brine and decay. It obscured the horizon and swallowed the distant lights of the port. Elias Thorne stood at the helm. His hands gripped the wheel, knuckles white, veins bulging under the pale skin. He was a man carved from stone and salt. His face was a map of old wounds and newer...
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