The Wistful Mountain
The parchment lay on the oak desk, its edges curling slightly in the dry air of the scriptorium, and I read the Duke’s order three times before my hands began to shake. It was a simple directive, written in the Duke’s own cramped hand, requesting the completion of the *Chronicle of the North* by the winter solstice. I am Elias, forty-two, and for the past decade I have been the Duke’s scribe,...
0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 1 Views 0 Anteprima