The Faded Attic
The fraying end of the hemp rope slipped through Elias’s fingers, and he caught it with a grunt, his knuckles white against the splintered wood of the attic door. He pulled. The rope gave a little, the fibers screaming in a dry rasp that echoed down the empty stairwell. He pulled again, harder, until the door groaned shut and the iron latch clicked home. The silence that followed was heavy,...
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