The Golden Greenhouse

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The magistrate’s face was a mask of soot and impatience, his hands slamming the ledger shut on the desk between us. "It is dead weight, Mr. Thorne. I do not buy trinkets that smell of rot and regret." You stood there, the emerald brooch burning a hole in your waistcoat, the metal hot as a brand against your skin. "It is not a trinket," you said, your voice cracking in the dry air of the office....

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