The Pale Path
The air in the study did not smell of decay, but of ozone and wet stone, a scent that clung to the back of Elias Thorne’s throat like a swallowed pebble. He stood before the desk, his knuckles white against the mahogany, the leather of his gloves creaking in the unnatural silence of the rotting manor. For twenty years, Elias had been a ghost in the corridors of academic legitimacy, a scholar...
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