The Faded Shield

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The Faded Shield

Thorne, you coward, get back to the line! The shout came from the trench, ragged and wet with blood, and it cut through the howling wind that was stripping the snow from the bare branches of the forest surrounding Blackwood Keep. I was Captain Elias Thorne, forty-two years old, and I was standing alone before the massive oak gate, my sword drawn but my hand trembling, not from the cold, though...

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