The Distant Affair
The fox was gone before the mud settled, leaving only the damp stain where it had lain, a dark smear against the grey stone of the courtyard. I remember the weight of the ledger in my hand, the cold leather biting into my palm, and the way the light slanted through the broken window of the gatehouse, catching the dust motes that hung suspended in the air like tiny, dead stars. We had been...
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