The Pale Altar

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The Pale Altar

The iron gate groaned. It was a low, wet sound, like a throat clearing before a cough. I stood on the cold flagstones of the yard, holding the ledger. My fingers were numb. The air smelled of wet ash and rust. Inside, the mill hummed. It was a sound you felt in your teeth before you heard it with your ears. A constant, grinding vibration. The men worked in the shadows of the machinery. They...

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