The Faded Guest

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The Faded Guest

The Great Hall of the Ashworth estate did not smell of the damp earth or the sickly sweetness of rot that clung to the corridor outside. It smelled of beeswax, roasted venison, and the heavy, metallic tang of old iron. Thomas, seven years old and fever-bright, sat on a carved oak chair that was too large for him, his legs dangling six inches above the polished floor. He was not invited to the...

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