The Golden Scar

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The Golden Scar

The mortar was stone, cold and heavy in Elias Thorne’s hands, and the pestle moved in a rhythm that had worn the groove deep over thirty years of border service. He ground the dried moonwort with a force that ached in his knuckles, the brittle stems crumbling into a fine, golden dust that smelled of rain on hot pavement and old blood. The kitchen was damp, the fog pressing against the single...

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