The Pale Circus
The dream came first. It was always the dream. Mara saw the seal. It was black on parchment. The ink bled like a bruise. The wax was cold. She woke with the taste of iron in her mouth. The cottage was dark. The wind scraped at the shutters. She was thirty years old. Her hands were rough. Her back ached. She stood in the kitchen. The fire was low. She looked at her reflection in the dark window....
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