The Wistful Throne

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The rain did not fall; it hammered. It struck the roof of the small stone chapel with the force of a judgment no one had asked for. Inside, the air was thick with the smell of wet wool and old candle wax. Elias Thorne stood at the altar, his back to the congregation. He was a tall man, gaunt, with hands that had spent forty years shaping wood into things of comfort. He was leaving. Not in body,...

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