The Faded Portrait
The mud on the road to Lyon was thick and black, sucking at the boots of Inquisitor Elias Vane. He gripped the hilt of his sword until his knuckles turned white, the leather strap cutting into his palm. Ten years of service to the Holy Office had hardened his skin, but his hands trembled now, a low, persistent vibration that matched the rhythm of his horse. He was thirty years old, and he...
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