Wintertale (A Short Story)
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Banished from his own mansion, Kendric risks all by returning to see the woman he loves-when a man who is Kendric's brother in all but name discovers him. In a land breathing with magic and mystery, where snowflakes fall about a young man fleeing in the night from relentless pursuit . . . who is responsible for a murder? And who will pay for it?
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