The Faded Masquerade

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The parchment lay on the oak table, its edges curled like dried leaves, bearing the seal of the Crown and the ink of the Lord Chancellor’s office. It was a list of debts, a tally of grain shortfalls, and a final notice of forfeiture for Blackwood Manor, the paper trembling slightly in the draft that seeped under the heavy oak door. I read it three times, my fingers tracing the lines of debt...

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