The Golden Suspect
The brass key was cold in Elara’s palm, its ridges biting into the skin of her left thumb, a sensation that had become the only constant in a life of shifting variables. She held it up to the gaslight, turning it slowly, watching the metal catch the flame and reflect it back in a dull, amber glow that seemed to seep into the bone beneath her fingernail. It was a trivial object, a standard issue...
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