The Pale Door

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The Pale Door

The fog did not smell of rain or rot, but of old paper and cold iron. Elias stood at the edge of the Pale Gate, the scribe’s quill still clutched in a hand that trembled not from fear, but from the weight of the chain linking his wrist to the thief’s. Mara had pressed a coin into his palm before he left, her fingers lingering on his jaw, her eyes wide with a devotion that felt less like love...

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