The Distant Threshold

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2026-08-22 06:19:56 -

You stand in the antechamber of the abbey. The air is thick. It smells of beeswax. It smells of rot. It smells of iron. You are a woman. You are cold. Your husband, Julian, is inside. He is with the Abbot. They speak of your illness. They speak of the cure. You know the cure. It is not a cure. It is a sacrifice. The feast is laid out. A long table. Oak wood. Blackened by age. Candles burn. The...

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