The Distant Machine
The letter is sealed with wax the color of dried blood. You hold it in your hand. The wax is warm. It smells of smoke and old iron. You are in the keep. The stones are cold against your back. Outside, the wind howls. It tears at the shutters. It screams in the dark. You do not look up. You know who sent it. You know what it says. Your father is dead. He died in the valley. They say he fell....
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