The Golden Ritual
The mortar was old oak, worn smooth by four decades of friction, but the pestle was new, carved from the heartwood of a tree that had not yet learned to rot. Elias Thorne ground the golden root, his wrist moving in a circle that had become less a motion and more a vibration, a hum that seemed to resonate in the marrow of his bones. The shop smelled of dried lavender and the sharp, metallic tang...
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