The Wistful Dinner

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The key was cold in Elias Thorne’s palm, a sliver of brass that bit into the meat of his thumb as he turned it. He did not look at the door. He looked at the floor, at the grime that had settled in the cracks of the linoleum, a map of neglect that mirrored the state of his own affairs. The office of Magistrate Vane smelled of stale tobacco and damp wool. Vane sat behind a desk of dark mahogany,...

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