The Pale Banner
The silver clasp was cold against my throat. It had been there for forty years, woven into the wool of my cloak, a secret weight that hummed with a low, electric dread. In the village of Oakhaven, where the mist clings to the stone walls like a lover who refuses to leave, we spoke little of the past. We spoke of the harvest. We spoke of the rot in the apple trees. We did not speak of the King’s...
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