The Golden Oath
The badge was cold. It pressed against Elias’s chest like a second heart, a heavy, leaden pulse he could not stop. He stood in the center of the atrium. The floor was white marble. It reflected the overhead lights in blinding, sterile pools. The air smelled of ozone and floor wax. "Step forward," said the voice. It was not a person. It was a frequency. A low thrum in the walls. Elias stepped....
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