The Wistful Witness
The stone was warm in Thomas Hale’s hand, the heat of his own skin seeping into the cold granite, but it felt heavier than it had a year ago. He stood before the King, the air in the Great Hall thick with the scent of beeswax and old fear, while the Chancellor, a man whose face was a map of rigid lines, pointed a bony finger at the object. It was not a weapon, Thomas knew, but a relic; a signet...
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