The Wistful Asylum
October 14, 1912. The gaslight in the hallway of Blackwood Manor does not flicker; it pulses, a slow, rhythmic throb that matches the beating in my own temples, as if the house itself has a heart and it is sick. I am Elias Thorne, Inspector for the Crown’s Asylum Authority, and I have come to secure the final signature of Lady Agatha, the dying matriarch, to clear the estate’s debts and save...
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