The Wistful Throne

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The ink was counted in drops, each one a heavy, black bead that refused to settle on the parchment, pulsing with a wet, rhythmic throb that matched the failing heart of the King who lay three miles away in the abandoned chapel of St. Jude. Elara, a scribe of thirty-two years, sat at her desk in the village hall, her quill hovering over the final decree, her breath held in the cold, damp air...

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