The Wistful Cipher
The rain had been falling for three days, turning the gravel drive into a slurry of mud and regret. Inside the house, the air smelled of wet wool and old paper, a scent that clung to the back of Thomas Bradshaw’s throat like a fishbone. He sat in the study, a room that had once been the heart of the manor, now reduced to a damp, echoing shell. His hands trembled, not from the cold, but from the...
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