The Distant Whispers
The glass vial was cold, slick with condensation, and it cut into the palm of Elias’s hand. Inside, the liquid swirled, a thick, viscous black that smelled of wet earth and rot. He stood in the center of the drawing room, the air thick with the July heat and the scent of lilies, and watched his mother, Clara, cough into a handkerchief that bloomed red with each ragged breath. She was twelve...
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