The Distant Metropolis
The feast was not a celebration but a consumption. In the high, vaulted halls of the manor that existed only in the space between waking and sleep, the tables groaned under the weight of silver platters. The air smelled of roasted lamb and old stone, of damp wool and the metallic tang of blood. Margaret stood at the edge of the gathering, her hands trembling as she held the small, polished bowl...
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