The Golden Myth
The stone was cold. It pressed against Elara’s palm like a dead man’s hand, slick with the damp breath of the earth. She had come for her mother. The wasting sickness had hollowed out the woman’s face, leaving only the architecture of bone and a whisper of a voice. In the infirmary, the air smelled of boiled herbs and decay. Elara stood by the bedside, her fingers laced with her mother’s,...
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