The Wistful Crossroads

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The iron key hung heavy in my palm, cold enough to burn the skin. It was a simple thing, a slab of rusted metal with a jagged bit, but it felt like a stone dropped into a well. I stood in the doorway of the High Priest’s chamber, the air thick with the smell of ozone and rotting lilies. Behind me, the floating city of Aethelgard drifted silently above the clouds, its stone spires catching the...

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