The Pale Path
The table groaned under the weight of the feast. Roast pheasant, glazed in a dark reduction of juniper and red wine, sat at the center, flanked by mountains of root vegetables and baskets of sourdough that had risen high and golden in the stone ovens. The air was thick, heavy with the scent of rosemary, beeswax, and the metallic tang of old blood. Everyone was speaking. The clatter of silver on...
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