The Golden Crossing
The ink on the parchment was not black, but a bruised violet, and it smelled of ozone and rot. Elias Thorne stood before the High Chancellor’s desk, his knuckles white as he gripped the edge of the mahogany, watching the gold seep into the pores of his left hand. It was a thin, translucent film, like varnish on a table, but it moved. It crawled up the tendons of his wrist, ignoring the pain,...
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