The Faded Ruin

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The Faded Ruin

Chapter One My hand was already in the tray of silver tongs when the man on the table began to bleed, and the blood was not red but a thick, gray paste that smelled of wet ash and old copper. I stood at the center of the banquet hall in Aethelgard, the fog pressing against the high windows like a living thing, and the guests around me were silent, their faces pale and tight with the fear that...

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