The Faded Quadrant

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The hall smelled of roasted goose and damp wool, the scent of a town that had not seen a stranger in a decade. Thomas Hale stood by the punch bowl, his hand deep in his coat pocket, fingers wrapped around the cold glass neck of a vial. It hummed against his palm, a low vibration like a trapped bee. Inside, the sap glowed a viscous, arterial red. It was the only thing in Ashworth that mattered,...

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