The Wistful Crossroads

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Elias. The steward’s voice cut through the damp air of the manor hall, sharp and dry as a twig snapping underfoot. I looked up from the boots I was cleaning. The leather was caked in brown mud, the kind that sticks to the sole when you walk the garden paths after a long rain. It is not blood, I said. My hands were still, but my heart was beating hard against my ribs. I have walked the east...

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