The Pale Dance

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The Pale Dance

The hall smelled of roasted boar and old stone. It was a scent that clung to the wool of one’s tunic, a heavy, animal perfume that marked the court as a place where power was digested, not just wielded. Sir Julian stood at the periphery, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword. He was a man of precise angles and quiet habits, a soldier in a court of poets and sycophants. The feast was in full...

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