The Faded Dust

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The Faded Dust

The train cut through the gray morning like a blade through wet felt, shaking the glass of the carriage with a rhythmic, hollow clatter. Elias Thorne sat by the window, his reflection ghostly against the passing fields, a man who seemed to be dissolving into the mist outside. In his lap, resting on his worn leather briefcase, lay a small, unassuming object: a brass key. It was not a large key,...

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