The Distant Threshold
The knife was wet. It hung from a hook in the kitchen, its blade slick with a condensation that smelled of iron and old rain. Elias stood before it. He did not breathe. The house held its breath with him. Outside, the wind tore at the eaves of the manor, a sound like tearing silk. Inside, the silence was a physical weight, pressing against his eardrums. He was sixty years old. His hands...
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