The Faded Masquerade

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The hall smelled of wet wool and old iron. I remember the humidity now, how it swelled the wooden doors until the hinges screamed. It was the year of the bequest, the one with the condition that bound us all. I was thirty-two then, having served the Silent Court for twenty years. My name was Mei Song. I stood in the Hall of Whispers, where spoken words turned into physical chains. The air hung...

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