The Faded Guest
The spoon scraped the bottom of the clay bowl, a dry, hollow sound that echoed in the cramped apothecary. Elias Whitmore stirred the broth, his wrist moving in a steady, mechanical arc, watching the surface ripple and settle. It was dawn, the light thin and gray, filtering through the high window that faced the cobblestones of the old quarter. He did not look up. He was forty years old, and his...
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