The Faded Alibi
Chapter One "You are a coward, Lars Halvorsen." The words hung in the steam rising from the ceremonial bowl, heavier than the mutton fat, colder than the draught leaking through the temple courtyard’s stone arches. I stood at the edge of the long table, my hands wrapped around a cup of watered ale, while the Colonel’s face swam in the grey light of the midwinter fog. He was not shouting; that...
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