The Faded Bouquet
The hand trembled. It was not cold. It was not old. It was only heavy. I held it in mine, wrapped in linen, as one holds a dying bird. The veins stood out like roots in dried earth. Dark and knotted. My fingers closed around the wrist. I felt the pulse. Or thought I did. A faint thrum. Like a drum under snow. My name is Elias. I live in the stone house on the hill. The house has been mine for...
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