The Faded Masquerade

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The rain did not fall so much as it was hammered into the cobblestones of the square by a wind that smelled of iron and old blood. Thomas Ashworth stood with his back against the cold granite of the fountain, his left hand clutching the jagged hole in his side where a ball had passed through, the pain a dull, rhythmic thumping that matched the frantic beating of his heart. He was a prisoner of...

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