The Pale Letter
The iron gate shrieked as it fell. Dust plumed into the air, thick and dry, tasting of old stone and burnt pine. I stood in the courtyard of the St. Jude’s Abbey, my uniform torn, my breath ragged. The silence that followed was louder than the crash. It pressed against my eardrums, a physical weight, heavy as the oak door I had just broken down. I held the letter in my hand. It was pale, almost...
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