The Wistful Cipher
The feast had lasted three days, the tables groaning under the weight of roasted boar and honeyed pears, the air thick with the scent of beeswax candles and old sweat. I sat at the edge of the long oak bench, my left hand resting on the table, the fingers pale and still against the rough grain. It was a hand that had held a sword for forty years, a hand that had severed throats and pulled...
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