The Faded Root

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The Faded Root

The seal was red. A perfect circle of wax, pressed into the vellum of the morning dispatch. It bore the crest of the High Court, a lion rampant devouring its own tail. Thomas Bradshaw held it between his thumb and forefinger. The wax was cold. It had been cold for three days. He had carried it in his breast pocket, next to his heart, through the gray rain of the capital. It had not softened. It...

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