The Pale Mist

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The Pale Mist

The mist did not roll in; it waited. It stood on the ridge like a held breath, pale and absolute, eroding the edges of the world. Elias Thorne adjusted his collar, the wool scratching against his neck, and watched the boundary line where the grass ended and the white began. He was forty years old, a border warden for the Institution, and he had twenty-four hours before the annual review that...

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