The Pale Meridian
The glass orb sat on the velvet table. It was small. Cold. It held the world. Elias touched it. His fingers were long. Pale. He was a scholar of the old courts. Not a king. Not a lord. A keeper. A man of ink and silence. The King sat across from him. The room was large. Stone walls. High windows. Light fell in thin shafts. Dust danced in the beams. "Tell me," the King said. Elias did not move....
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