The Wistful Silence

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The smell of rotting lilies was not a scent but a presence, a thick, cloying weight that pressed against the back of Silas Vane’s throat, making it difficult to draw breath in the damp, candlelit infirmary of Blackwood Priory. He sat rigid in his chair, his hands trembling so violently that the quill in his grip snapped, scattering black ink across the parchment like a wound opening in the skin...

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