The Wistful Cipher

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Thorne. The word hung in the damp air of the cellar, sharp and cold, spoken by the bailiff who stood above the waterline with his boots caked in black mud. You were twelve years old, your fingers raw from scrubbing the town ledger, and the sound of your name being called was not a summons but a verdict, a declaration that you were the one who had seen what should have stayed hidden. The flood...

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