Will Bear the Moon
There would be no accusation, no redemption, no one to listen if he dared to speak.
He was already ruined.
Fallon's shoulders sagged, pride collapsing inward like wet parchment. His gaze swept the court one last time—faces turning away, some out of pity, most out of fear. The nobles parted just enough to let him pass, silk and velvet rustling as bodies shifted aside, unwilling to brush against the contagion of failure. The sound of their whispers followed him like insects crawling through dead leaves.
Each step toward the door dragged heavier than the last, his boots whispering against the marble, the sound swallowed by the murmurs that resumed behind him. The scratch of his medal against hi
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