The Faded Portrait
The wind did not howl. It scraped. It was a thin, dry sound, like a fingernail dragging across a slate board, and it filled the hollows of the old manor where Thomas sat alone. The fire had died an hour ago, leaving only a bed of grey ash and the faint, sweet smell of burnt oak. Thomas rubbed his hands. They were rough, the skin cracked and bleeding in the cold. He was a man of muscle and...
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