The Faded Sutra

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The Faded Sutra

The parchment lay on the oak table, its edges brittle as old skin, and I held the iron key in my left hand, the cold metal biting into my palm like a promise I did not want to keep. It was the key to the Bishop’s private study, a place where the air smelled of beeswax and rotting lilies, and he had dropped it at my feet with a whisper that was less a warning and more a dare to test the limits...

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