The Wistful Cipher
The feast was a riot of wax and smoke. Candles burned low in silver sconces, their light trembling against the high, vaulted ceiling of the manor. You sat at the end of the long oak table, your spine rigid, your hands folded in your lap. The air was thick with the scent of roasted pheasant and the sharper, metallic tang of fear. You were twenty-three. You were the youngest sister of the...
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