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Submitted to Contest #325
The young man peers down from the castle's tower. He grips the rough stone of the windowsill, leaning carelessly, dangerously. His hands brush aside the curtain that strokes his shoulder.It was the breeze that called him. It always is, even on warm summer nights like this, when the valley's folk slumber to forget their hunger and the whole world holds its breath. The raw, electric shiver starts from the base of his spine. Despite the crackling torches and the damp, sticky steam climbing from the moat, that cold touch snakes up, yet so softly...
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