The Wistful Throne

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The parchment lay on the oak table, its edges curling slightly in the dry air of the laboratory, bearing the King’s seal in red wax that looked less like a symbol of authority and more like a dried blood clot. I read it three times, the ink smudging faintly under my thumb, while the rain hammered against the leaded windows of the tower room, a relentless drumming that matched the hollow ache in...

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