The Pale Letter

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The Pale Letter

The wool of the tunic hung heavy on Julian’s shoulders, a fabric so dense it seemed to have its own gravity, pulling him down into the damp earth of the cellar. He was a clerk in the House of Ledger and Stone, a place that smelled of dried lavender and old blood, where the air hung thick with the scent of iron filings and unwashed bodies. For three years, he had worn the tunic, a uniform of...

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