The Distant Whispers
The letter lay on the kitchen table, the ink still wet, smelling faintly of iron and old paper. Elias Thorne did not read it at first. He stared at the signature, *Dr. Aris Vane*, and at the line item for the final vial of tincture: *Cost: One Soul Anchor. Non-negotiable.* The kitchen smelled of boiled linseed oil and the coppery tang of the draft that had been creeping in for weeks. It was a...
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