The Golden Echoes
The castle burned before the sun had fully risen. You watched from the ridge, the ash falling like gray snow on your cloak. The air tasted of iron and char. It was a smell you knew well. You had eaten it for years. You were old now. Your knees ached in the damp. You carried a staff of ash wood, light as a dead branch. Behind you, the village was silent. Ahead, the ruins of St. Jude’s glowed...
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