The Distant Journey

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The mortar in the pestle ground with a rhythmic, grinding shriek, a sound that seemed to scrape against the very marrow of Eleanor’s bones. In the dim, amber glow of the apothecary’s back room, where the air hung thick with the scent of camphor, dried lavender, and the metallic tang of old iron, Eleanor stood with her hands trembling, not from fear, but from the sheer, electric intensity of the...

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