The Faded Portrait

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The feast was not a celebration of joy, but of endurance. It was a long table of oak stretching through the hall of the ancestral estate, covered in white linen that seemed to glow under the heavy, dim chandeliers. The air smelled of roasted pheasant, beeswax, and the sharp, metallic tang of old blood that seemed to seep from the floorboards. Elias stood at the head of the table, his hands...

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