The Pale Altar
The counter ticked. One, two, three. You counted the hours like coins, heavy and cold in your palm. Three hours until the Guild inspector arrived. Three hours until the press closed for the night. You had twelve lines to set, twelve lines of your father’s final argument, and the ink in the well was thick, smelling of iron and old blood. The shop was a tomb of wood and brass. The air tasted of...
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