The Golden Suspect
The mortar was heavy, worn smooth by twenty years of Elias Thorne’s thumbs. He ground the dried foxglove, the pestle scraping against the ceramic with a rhythmic, dry rasp that echoed off the damp stone walls of the cellar. The powder came out fine, a pale green dust that smelled of bitter earth and rot. He needed this. He needed it for the Lord, whose cough had turned from a dry tickle into a...
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