The Pale Tale
The rain slicked the pavement of the dockyard, turning the gravel into a slurry that swallowed the sound of Elias Thorne’s boots. He was sixty-two years old, and his knees ached with a dull, persistent fire that had nothing to do with the cold and everything to do with the years he had spent waiting for the world to break. In his left hand, he held a brass key, heavy and tarnished, its teeth...
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