The Faded Alibi
The banquet hall smelled of roasted pheasant and the sharp, metallic tang of fear, a scent that seemed to cling to the velvet drapes like a persistent, invisible ghost, and I stood at the periphery of the chandeliers, watching my sister, Eleanor, move through the crowd with the predatory grace of a woman who had long since mistaken her own reflection for the sun. We had gathered here, in this...
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