The Distant Journey

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The letter lay on the workbench, its edges curling slightly in the dry air, the ink still wet enough to catch the light of the single oil lamp. I read the name at the top, Lord Vane, Steward of the Royal Household, and felt the familiar, cold weight of bureaucracy settle in my chest before I even unfolded the paper. It was a rejection, of course, but not the polite kind; it was a dismissal...

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