The Wistful Petal

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The Wistful Petal

The air in the alabaster archive tasted of dust and dried lavender. Elias Thorne, Archivist of the Order of St. Jude, held the glass vial up to the single shaft of grey light piercing the high window. Inside, the liquid shimmered with a blue so deep it seemed to swallow the light rather than reflect it. He was forty years old, his hands steady despite the tremor in his chest, and he needed...

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