The Pale Tale
The feast hall of the Ashworth estate did not smell of roasted meats or spiced wine, but of a heavy, cloying sweetness, like the air before a summer storm breaks over a stagnant pond, a scent that clung to the velvet drapes and the polished mahogany tables where the silverware lay untouched, gleaming with a cold, metallic indifference that mirrored the faces of the guests who sat in rigid,...
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