The Pale Shadows

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The Pale Shadows

Chapter One In the dying light of the hutong, the world held its breath against the weight of the coming winter. Xiu Liu sat in the cramped back room of the hotel, the treadle of the old sewing machine beneath his feet clicking a steady, mechanical rhythm that matched the trembling of his hands. He was a scholar of the old forms, a man who had sold his patent for a fraction of its worth to keep...

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