The Wistful Throne

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The soup was cold. It sat in the white bowl. The steam had died. The surface was a still, oily mirror. I looked at it. I did not taste it. My hands shook. They always shook now. The tremor lived in my fingers. It lived in my teeth. "Mrs. Hale," the voice said. It was a man’s voice. Low. Dry. Like gravel in a tin cup. "I am here," I said. My voice sounded thin. It sounded far away. It was not my...

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