The Pale Altar

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The Pale Altar

The kettle had been screaming for three minutes, a thin, metallic shriek that cut through the damp silence of the house. Elias did not move. He sat in the armchair by the window, his hands resting on his knees, fingers curled around the wool of his trousers. Outside, the rain lashed against the glass, blurring the grey street into a watercolor of mud and iron. The house was cold. It had been...

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