The Pale Circus
The silver rim of the monocle sat heavy in Elias Thorne’s palm, the glass cracked down the center like a dried riverbed. He had worn it for twenty years, a prop for the ringmaster’s authority, but now it felt like a shackle, cold and jagged against his skin. He was forty years old, his face mapped with the deep lines of a man who had spent too many nights in damp tents and too many days under...
0 Comments 0 Shares 1 Views 0 Reviews