The Faded Chronicle
The banquet hall of the Vane Mill smelled of roasting pheasant and damp wool, a cloying mixture that Elara Vane accepted with the stoic grace of a woman who had forgotten how to taste food. Thirty years old, her face a map of lines carved by sleepless nights, she stood at the head of the table, watching the city councilmen eat. They were heavy men, comfortable in their velvet coats, unaware...
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