The Pale Garden
The rain did not fall. It hung. A grey curtain of suspended water, thick as wool, pressing against the high, arched windows of the estate. Inside, the air was stale and sweet, smelling of rotting peonies and old paper. Julian stood before the mirror in the library. He was old. His hands, once steady enough to hold a scalpel or a quill, now trembled with a fine, persistent vibration. He watched...
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