The Faded Photograph
The mist did not roll in; it simply was, a thick, grey wall that swallowed the treeline where Mara stood. I adjusted the brass casing of my theodolite, my fingers numb not from cold but from a dread that had been building for weeks, a pressure behind my eyes that the tea and silence at home had failed to break. My contract with the Ministry of Boundaries expired at dusk, and the Whispering...
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