The Faded Photograph
The ledger was open, its pages brittle as dry leaves, and Elias Thorne pressed his pencil against the paper with a force that threatened to tear the fibers. He needed this pension, needed the security of a fixed income more than he needed air, and the only way to secure it was to finish the cataloging of the Whispering Ward before the winter budget was cut. The Ward was not a place of rest; it...
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