The Pale Verdict
Chapter One The ink on the vellum refused to dry, pooling in pale, shifting glyphs that mirrored Carl Yancey’s trembling hand. It was the winter of 1348, and the Abbey of St. Jude sat heavy in the waterlogged Fens, a mountain kingdom of terraces where the air tasted of wet stone and rot. Carl, a scribe of thirty years, had spent the dowry of his late wife on a doctor who had only confirmed what...
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