The Golden Ritual

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The Golden Ritual

The train smelled of wet wool and rust. I sat by the window, watching the grey fields blur into a smear of mud. My hands were in my lap. They were red. The blood had dried into stiff, dark flakes under my nails. I could feel it there, a rough texture against the skin, a second layer that refused to wash off. I was a constable. Or I had been, until the last hour. Now I was just a man with a...

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