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... ore the veiled statue, hands clasped, head bowed. The cloth over the figure’s face hung loose where the stone had crumbled, leaving only the lips—smooth, curved, and faintly smiling. Around them, dozens of candles burned with smoke as black as soot, curling up to vanish into the rafters.
"He will come," she whispered. Her voice scraped like sand on marble. The crown in her hands gleamed once before she drove it hard against her chest. The metal sank, slow and deliberate, vanishing into h ...
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