The Faded Ruin

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The Faded Ruin

The silver clasp sat in your palm, heavy and cold, a small dead weight that smelled of grease and old blood. It was twelve o’clock, and the cellar under the textile shop was damp, the air thick with the rot of wool and the distant, rhythmic thud of the looms above. You were twelve years old, and your hands were shaking so badly you had to press your knee against your chest to keep from dropping...

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