Today's OneWord: Stamped

The letter was sealed and stamped, and the old-fashioned wax emblem felt rather eerie and perturbing to Mara as she reached for a knife. The paper whistled slightly as it was cut, as if she were slitting a man's throat and any last ounce of air he had left came gurgling out in a high-pitched whisper of warning.

The paper containing the message was fragile, enough to crumble into ash in Mara's hand. But the words themselves were as stark and hot and unfriendly as steel.