The Wistful Throne
The mud was red. Not the brown slurry of the countryside, but a thick, arterial paste that sucked at the boots of the men on the wall. Thomas Bradshaw tasted copper. He tasted it on his tongue, thick and metallic, a taste that did not belong to the air. He was on his knees, the hilt of his sword slick in his grip. The stone beneath him was cold, seeping wetness into his tunic. Around him, the...
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