The Pale Dance

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The Pale Dance

The summons came at dusk, carried by a page who smelled of wet wool and stale beer. Elara, the court seer, stood in the corridor, the heavy silver circlet resting on a velvet cushion beside her. It was not a hat; it was a shackle. She had worn it for twelve years, since the day she was twenty-two and the King’s previous advisor, old Thomas, died with his eyes open. The silver was cold to the...

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