The Pale Door
The city burned behind me, a red bruise on the horizon that I refused to watch. I had forty-two years of ink-stained fingers and a single, iron-clad vow in my chest: to deliver the sealed letter to my brother Julian before the winter solstice. The parchment was heavy, not with paper, but with a presence that hummed against my ribs. It whispered Julian’s name, a sound like dry leaves skittering...
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