The Wistful Petal
The jar sat on the oak table, heavy and swollen with the smell of overripe plum. It was a grotesque thing, a vessel of thick glass filled with a dark, viscous preserve that had begun to ferment, bubbling faintly at the surface like a slow, black pulse. Silas Vane, the Constable of the Manor, stood before it, his hands resting on the polished wood, feeling the cold grain against his palms. He...
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