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... ce hung heavy in the air.
Rows of acolytes stood motionless, heads bowed, eyes avoiding the grand altar that loomed like a beast waiting to feed.
The stillness was broken only by the quiet, pitiful sobbing of a child—a sound so fragile and raw that even the priests, trained to ignore emotion, found themselves shifting uncomfortably.
The boy sat on the cold stone floor, clutching his knees, his shoulders trembling. His cries echoed faintly off the marble walls, blending in ...
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