The Faded Sutra
The horse shied at the gate of the King’s court, its breath pluming in the thin, cold air of 1347. Sir Thomas of the Order of the Gilded Spoon held the reins tight, his knuckles white against the leather. He was forty years old, and his lungs burned with a dry, persistent fire that no amount of rest could quench. In his saddlebag, wrapped in oilskin, lay a forged letter of introduction. It was...
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