The Pale Path
Elias. The name was a stone dropped into still water, rippling out before it even touched the boy. He stood by the window of the scribe’s attic, his fingers stained black to the second knuckle, and turned to face the Archivist. The old man did not look at the boy’s face. He looked at the left hand, where a ribbon of white mist coiled around the wrist, cold as river ice. It had been there since...
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