The Pale Door
The feast in the hall of the old manor house was not a celebration of joy but a ritual of endurance, a sprawling tableau of silverware and candlelight that seemed to mock the hollow silence within the souls of the attendees, as the air grew thick with the scent of roasted pheasant and the damp, earthy rot of the autumn leaves pressing against the leaded windows. At the head of the long oak...
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