The Distant Cartograph

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The floorboards of the Grand Hotel’s east wing had a specific rhythm, a creak that Elias Vane had counted every shift for three months, a sound that told him exactly where the rot had set in beneath the linoleum. He scrubbed the same square of marble, the water in his bucket turning the color of weak tea, while the smell of stale lavender and industrial soap burned the back of his throat. It...

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