The Pale Exile
The ink on the ledger page is black. It is not yet dry. You press your thumb against it, a small, deliberate smear. The stain spreads, blotchy and dark, like a bruise forming under the skin of the paper. You are in the office of the Lord Mayor. The room smells of beeswax and old dust. The air is still. Outside, the rain begins to fall on the cobblestones of the square, a soft, rhythmic tapping...
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