The Faded Apartment
The ledger lay open on Elias Thorne’s desk, its spine cracked like a dry riverbed, and the smell of damp wool and old paper clung to the air with a persistence that felt less like scent and more like a physical weight pressing against his chest. He held a pen, the nib hovering an inch above the page, trembling not from cold but from the sheer, exhausting effort of keeping his hand steady while...
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