The Pale Circus
The bill of lading lay crumpled in Elias Thorne’s palm, the ink smeared by the rain that had just ceased to fall, listing the debts he owed to the Ringmaster Silas: the repair of the Great Chronometer, the loss of the lead mule, and the silence of the boy Kael who stood three feet behind him, holding a wrench steady against the shuddering air. Elias was fifty-two, though his knees felt eighty,...
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