The Faded Portrait

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The vial was cold in Elias Thorne’s hand, the glass slick with condensation that smelled faintly of iron and dried blood. He stood in the shadow of the apothecary’s high shelf, the air thick with the scent of crushed lavender and the damp, rotting sweetness of the poppy heads drying on the rack above him. Outside, the palace dogs were barking, a low, rhythmic thrumming that vibrated through the...

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