The Faded Alibi

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The Faded Alibi

The air in the Great Hall of Aldenbury Castle tasted of iron and old ash. It was a flavor I had known since childhood, the metallic tang of the conduit that ran beneath the floorboards, humming with a low, subsonic vibration that rattled the teeth of those who did not know how to listen. I stood before the High Court, my hands bound not by rope but by the sheer gravity of the accusation. The...

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