The Golden Ritual

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The Golden Ritual

The ledger says four hundred and twelve troy ounces of gold are required for the chalice. You count them again, sliding the ingots across the velvet with a thumb stained black by years of acid and soot. Three days until Friday. Three days until the Duke’s steward arrives to inspect the vessel for the coronation of his new wife. If the chalice is late, or if the gold is impure, the debt to St....

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