The Golden Ritual

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The Golden Ritual

The dinner service had been set for six, a deliberate excess that spoke to the lingering habits of a man who had once expected the world to accommodate his appetite. Arthur Penhaligon stood in the center of the dining room, his spine rigid against the mahogany table, while his daughter, Elara, moved with the precise, mechanical grace of a surgeon around the silver platters. The air in the house...

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