The Distant Machine
The feast had not been a celebration of joy, but a ritual of binding, held in the great hall of a castle that seemed to exist in the negative space between one breath and the next. The air smelled of roasting venison and stale beeswax, a thick, cloying scent that clung to the back of Elias Thorne’s throat. He sat at the far end of the long oak table, his hands folded in his lap, the silver...
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