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... ng to the walls like a second skin, consuming the space whole. At the center of the ceiling, a ghastly lion’s head carved out of black iron hung, jaws wide open, cradling a chandelier of dimly flickering lights. The light fell across the oval table of the chamber, glinting dimly on wood-polished surfaces but never touching the figures in the twelve tall-backed chairs.
They all sat in the dark, enveloped in silence. There was only one empty seat, the thirteenth.
There was silence ...
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