The Pale Letter
The house was not a home but a monument to a debt that could not be paid, and I stood in the center of the great hall with the dust settling around my boots like snow. The air was thick with the smell of damp stone and old paper, a scent that clung to the back of my throat and refused to leave. I was the Sheriff of this county, a title that felt like a heavy cloak draped over my shoulders,...
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