The Pale Garden

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The Pale Garden

The bell in the tower of St. Jude’s did not ring. It hung there, a heavy tongue of bronze, silent and dead, while the fog pressed against the stone walls like a living thing. Inside the scriptorium, the air was thin and cold, carrying the scent of damp wool, candle wax, and the slow decay of vellum. Elias sat at his desk, the parchment before him blank and white, a void that mocked him. He was...

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