The Faded Shield

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The Faded Shield

The shield was cold. It sat against my chest like a slab of ice, humming with a low, resonant frequency that I felt in my teeth. I stood alone in the armory, the dust motes dancing in the single shaft of light that pierced the high window. I was Elias, thirty-two years old, and I was empty. I wanted Mara. I wanted to buy her back from the Duke’s debtors, to bring her home to the small house by...

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