The Distant Promise

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The bill was signed. Elias Thorne held the parchment, his thumb pressing the wet ink until it smeared. It was a simple document, a notice of foreclosure from Lord Vane. The estate was gone. All that remained was the debt. He sat in the drafty tower of Blackwood Abbey, the wind whistling through the cracks in the stone. The walls were damp. They felt like skin. He wanted the ledger. It would...

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