The Faded Photograph
The court is cold. It is always cold. You sit on the stone floor, your knees drawn up, feeling the damp seep through the wool of your tunic. Above you, the vaulted ceiling disappears into shadows. The air smells of beeswax and old blood. You are seven years old. You are the last of the line. "Look at him," says the Duke. His voice is soft. It is the softness of a blade drawn slowly from its...
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