The Faded Quadrant
The fire started in the orchard. It started with a whisper of gold that turned, in the space of a breath, into a roaring mouth. I was old then. My bones felt like dry twigs wrapped in skin. I stood on the porch of the manor house, watching the smoke climb. It was not a natural fire. It was the fire of knowledge, the kind that consumes the vessel to release the light. My daughter, Elara, ran to...
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