The Distant Promise
Auguste Zeringue remembered the cold first, the way it bit through the wool of his uniform and settled in the marrow, a chill that no fire could chase out. He stood in the courtyard of the Iron Citadel, a place that felt less like stone and more like a held breath, clutching the frayed leather gauntlet of his dead brother. The walls were bleeding black ink, a slow, viscous drip that pooled in...
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