The Pale Altar

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The Pale Altar

The sky split open. Not with lightning. With silence. The village of Oakhaven lay beneath a bruise of purple cloud. The air tasted of iron and old rain. Elias stood in the square. He was a large man. Shoulders broad as a door. Hands rough as bark. He held nothing. He held everything. His mother had died that morning. The fever took her quick. He stood by the hearth. He watched the smoke curl....

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