The Distant Promise

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The rain did not fall; it hung in the air, a grey, weeping curtain that smelled of wet ash and old blood. In the village of Oakhaven, where the cobblestones were slick with moss and the houses leaned against one another like drunken men, the people stopped their work to watch the sky. They held their breath. The wind carried the scent of rot, sharp and sweet, like overripe plums left in the...

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