The Distant Promise
The ink on the vellum had not yet dried when the candle flame sputtered and died, leaving only the cold, blue ghost of the wick. I sat in the mahogany study of the Ashworth manor, a room that smelled of beeswax, old paper, and the metallic tang of impending storm. Outside, the industrial hum of the new textile mills in the valley vibrated through the floorboards, a low, mechanical groan that...
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