The Golden Ritual

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The Golden Ritual

The rotunda of City Hall was a mouth of gold leaf and marble, swallowing the midday sun and spitting it back as a sterile, humming light. Inspector Elias Thorne stood by the pillar, his hand resting on his holster, watching his daughter. Lily was twenty-two, bright-eyed and moving through the crowd of gala guests with a grace that felt rehearsed, yet wrong. Her shadow did not follow her. It...

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