The Wistful Petal

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The Wistful Petal

The stain on the ledger page smelled of rotting apples. It was a small, brown smudge near the column for wheat imports, unassuming to anyone else, but to you, it pulsed with a wet, organic heat. You are Arthur Vane, thirty years old, a junior clerk in the Municipal Grain Office of 1913, and you want the promotion that will secure your sister’s care. The ledger is your weapon, a tool for order,...

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