The Faded Shield
The air in the cellar was thick, not with dust, but with the heavy, sweet rot of overripe apples and the metallic tang of old iron. It was a place that did not exist on any map of our estate, a forgotten sub-basement carved into the chalky bones of the hillside, accessible only by a ladder that groaned under the weight of our history. We were three, my sister Elara, my brother Thomas, and...
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