The Distant Promise

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The nib of the fountain pen hovered over the ledger, trembling not from cold but from the sudden, violent pressure in Elias Thorne’s left chest. He held the pen with a white-knuckled grip, the brass cap biting into his palm, and watched the ink pool on the tip, refusing to flow. The air in the archive room was so still it felt solid, a wall of silence that pressed against his eardrums until he...

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