The Faded Guest
The ledger lay in Elias’s hands, its cover slick with the damp of the cellar floor. It was a heavy thing, bound in leather that had cracked and peeled, smelling of iron and old sweat. He was twelve years old, small for his age, with hands that shook not from fear but from the cold that seeped through his thin wool trousers. The mill above him groaned, a low, rhythmic thrum that vibrated in his...
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