The Faded Alibi

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The Faded Alibi

The glass was cold, heavy in the palm, a weight that seemed to pull the wrist down toward the desk. Elias Thorne held the vial up to the fluorescent light, watching the amber liquid settle. It was not a potion, not in the way the old myths described, but a synthesized compound, a domestic chemical trick that the State Institute had perfected in its sterile, high-voltage corridors. He was a...

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