The Golden Oath

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The Golden Oath

Chapter One Ledger of the Temple of Anamalai, Year of the Famine. Entry 14th: Saffron, ten grams, owed to Gopal Mukherjee, the shaman. Status: Unpaid. Debt holder: Elder Varma. I dreamt of the stone cracking, a sound like a bone snapping under a mule’s hoof. I woke to the hiss of the lanterns and the smell of rotting rice in the granary. Ananya was burning, her skin hot enough to blister my...

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