The Pale Door
The feast in the Great Hall of Oakhaven was not a celebration of victory, but a performance of order, a rigid architecture of meat and wine designed to mask the rot beneath the floorboards. Aldric sat at the high table, his armor polished to a mirror sheen that reflected the flickering torchlight, a cold and distant surface that kept the warmth of the room at a safe and dangerous distance. He...
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