The Faded Portrait
The ink was drying on the parchment, a black crust forming over the wet words, and Elara watched the tip of the quill lift from the page with the slow, deliberate grace of a dying breath. She had written the name of her son, Alistair, three times in the binding circle, each stroke a prayer, each letter a nail driven into the flesh of time. The air in the study was thick with the scent of burnt...
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