The Pale Mist

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The Pale Mist

The transfer request form lay on the desk, the ink still wet and smelling of iron gall. Elias Thorne held the pen, his hand steady, but the paper felt heavy, like a brick wrapped in silk. He had filled it out three times. The first draft was polite. The second was desperate. The third, the one before him, was just a fact: *Mother is dying. I need to be there.* The smell of the office hit him...

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