The Faded Quadrant

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The fog did not roll in; it seeped up from the wet cobblestones of the harbor, a cold, grey breath that tasted of brine and old ink. Elias Thorne stood before the heavy oak door of the Inspector General’s office, his knuckles white as he gripped the brass handle. He was fifty-eight years old, a man whose joints had begun to grind like the rusted hinges of the warehouses he had guarded for...

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