The Pale Mist
The fever broke the fourth wall of Elias’s composure with a wet, rattling cough. He stood over his sister Mara’s bed, the heavy iron bowl of steam rising between them, the air thick with the scent of burnt rosemary and decay. His hands shook, not from the cold, but from the sheer, grinding effort of holding his tongue. The Black Rot did not kill by poison or fire; it killed by identity. The old...
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