The Faded Dust

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The Faded Dust

The year was 1342, and the city of Acre smelled of brine, rot, and the sharp, metallic tang of old blood. I sat in the scriptorium, the candle guttering in the draft that crept under the heavy oak door, my hand trembling as I held the quill over the parchment. Lord Thorne lay in the corner, his breathing a wet, rattling rasp that seemed to sync with the beating of my own heart. I wanted to...

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