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Patricia Reding
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Abandonment
Anyone or anything abandoned by those who previously cared, suffer both physical and emotional damages. In the case of a place, like the palace at Shimeron, Basha and Therese continue their review of the damages that followed the first family's abandonment of the palace. Have you ever visited a place that you formerly frequented, or in which you lived, that had been left behind? I grew up on a farm. Some years ago after someone purchased the property from my parents where I grew up, the buyers tore the old house down and built anew. For years, each time I drove past the old house, I could still picture the events that had occurred there. Today, when I drive by, my imagination has to conjure the buildings, as well. The old place now survives only in the memories of those who once knew it. What places do you know like that?
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The women looked around the foyer. A grand staircase flanked each side. Behind the staircases and down the halls to either side, sat private reception rooms, meeting rooms, and offices, as well as the formal dining area once used for family dinners and official affairs. The floor above included numerous chambers for members of the first family, their Oathtakers, and frequent palace guests.
A plush rug muted the sounds of their steps as they started down the spacious hallway to the right. Cobwebs hung around the fixtures hanging from the ceiling, as well as on the sconces and artwork on the walls. The candles of the fixtures had burned down to stubs and now were clothed in dust.
The place was utterly silent.
It’s as though it quit breathing, the Oathtaker thought.
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