The Golden Song
The letter lay on the desk, the ink still wet, smelling of iron and regret. Elias read it twice, his thumb tracing the edge of the paper until the fibers frayed. He was forty-two, but the palsy in his hands made him feel ancient, a relic left behind by a tide that had receded long ago. He wanted the job. He needed the job. The Council vote was in an hour, and his mind, usually a well-oiled...
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