The Wistful Crossroads

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The soot in Oakhaven did not fall; it hung. It settled in the creases of Elias Vane’s collar and the hollows of his cheeks, a gray dust that tasted of iron and old blood. He was twelve, a boy of sharp angles and restless hands, standing before the great steam engine of the Whitmore Mill. The machine groaned, a low, sickly moan that vibrated through the floorboards and into his teeth. This was...

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