The Faded River
The iron key was cold. It had always been cold, even when the sun beat down on the square until the cobblestones cracked with heat. I held it in my palm, feeling its weight, its jagged teeth. It was the only thing I owned that was not made of rot or hunger. It was a key to the Black Archive, the place where the town’s sins were buried under stone and silence. I am Elias. I am the Warden. Or I...
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