The Golden Scar

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The Golden Scar

Margaret woke with dust on her tongue. The dream had been long. A river of gold. She could not remember the source, only the flow. It tasted of copper and old blood. She sat up. The room was cold. Stone walls. Thin air. Outside, the bells of Saint Jude’s were tolling. They tolled for the dead. They tolled for the living who forgot to die. Margaret stood. Her knees cracked. She was seventy. Her...

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