THE PALE PROTOCOL
The Pale ProtocolBy Eleanor Ashworth-FairfaxOctober 14th, 1847 — Blackwood Manor, YorkshireThe letter arrived on a Tuesday, sealed with wax the colour of dried blood. I knew before breaking it what it would say. In my twenty years as an officer of the peace for this county, I had learned to recognise the handwriting of fate: always arrives on a day when the weather is ordinary, when the kettle...
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