The Wistful Mirror

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The orchid sat in Elias Thorne’s palm, its petals a bruised violet that pulsed with a faint, internal heat. He was forty-two, an archivist of mid-tier competence, and he was holding the only thing in his study that did not smell of dust and decay. The light in the room was the pale, watery grey of early morning, the kind that offered no warmth, only visibility. Outside, the sound of boots on...

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