The Distant Garden

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The letter was heavy, not with ink, but with the sheer, crushing weight of its finality, and Elias Thorne held it between his thumb and forefinger as if it were a live coal that had cooled into ash. The parchment was thick, cream-colored, and stained with the grease of the magistrate’s seal, a wax disc the color of dried blood that bore the impression of a lion devouring a man. It was the year...

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