The Distant Temple
"Your dosage is lethal, Elara. Do you hear me? Lethal." The court physician, Master Thorne, stood over my workbench, his fingers stained with the red of dried beet juice, a cheap substitute for the wine I could not afford. He pointed a trembling, manicured finger at the glass vial in my hand. The liquid inside was clear, cold, and smelled of crushed berries and iron. I did not look up. I was...
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