The Golden Song
The tree died first. It stood in the center of the hall, a massive oak, its branches stripped bare by the winter wind. But the rot had started inside. I saw it. A black vein, pulsing like a sick heart, spreading from the roots up into the trunk. The court smelled of mold and old blood. I am a maker of things. That is what I was. I built the throne. I carved the pillars. I shaped the wood until...
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