The Pale Letter

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The Pale Letter

The fire did not start with a spark, but with a silence so profound it seemed to crack the very bones of the house. I remember the smell before I saw the light, a scent of wet ash and old iron that clung to the back of my throat, choking the air in the grand hall of Blackwood Manor. It was the winter of the long frost, the kind that turns rivers to glass and men to stone. I stood by the hearth,...

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