The Distant Threshold

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The smoke smelled of wet wool and burning marrow. Elias did not stop running. He clutched the leather-bound ledger to his chest, the cover slick with sweat and soot. Behind him, the village of Oakhaven was a single, screaming mouth of fire. He was thirty years old, a scribe by trade, a coward by necessity, and he was alone. The air was thick with the rot of the plague, a cloying sweetness that...

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