The Faded Paradox
The bell in the tower did not ring; it shrieked, a thin, metallic tear in the fabric of the afternoon that signaled the end of the procession. Elias Vane stood at the edge of the courtyard, his fingers white-knuckled around the hilt of a sword he had not drawn in forty years. The air tasted of ozone and wet stone, thick with the scent of rain that had not yet fallen. Before him, the King of the...
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