The Distant Promise

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The reprimand order, dated the fourteenth of March, arrived in a sealed envelope that smelled of wet wool and stale tobacco. It cited a minor administrative error in the salt rationing logs for the previous quarter, a discrepancy of three ounces that had cost the temple economy a negligible sum yet carried the weight of a felony in the eyes of the Bureau of Imperial Accounts. Juliette Fontaine...

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