The Wistful Throne

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The wind did not howl; it screamed, a high, thin keening that stripped the last leaves from the elms and turned the sky into a bruised purple canvas. I sat on the floor of the library, the old oak table legs biting into my shins, watching the candle flame dance in a way that defied the draft. My mother, Elara, was gone. Not dead, not yet, but vanished into the heart of the storm, into the...

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