The Distant Promise
The iron maiden stood in the center of the hall. It did not breathe. It did not blink. It was a cage of black bars, taller than a man, wider than a door. The air inside was thick with the smell of wet wool and old dust. Margaret stood before it. Her hands hung by her sides. They were cold. The frostbite had not left her fingers in three years. She looked at the cage. She looked at the...
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