The Golden Farce
The iron tasted of rust and rain. My hand shook. The blade slipped. Not from weakness. From the weight of the secret. It hung in the air. Heavy. Sweet. Like overripe fruit. I wiped the steel on my cloak. The fabric soaked dark. The forest breathed around us. Cold. Old. We had been walking for days. Since the village burned. Since the old man died. His eyes were open. Fixed on the sky. He did...
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