The Pale Altar

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The Pale Altar

The chisel in Arthur Vane’s hand was a thing of cold, indifferent geometry, its steel edge catching the gaslight in a way that suggested a blade rather than a tool of restoration. He held it with the precise, detached grip of a man filing a quarterly report, his knuckles white not from exertion but from the sheer bureaucratic effort of holding the line against the marble’s subtle, pulling...

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