The Wistful Silence

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The fever broke at dawn. It did not recede. It changed. Elara sat up. The room was white. Not the white of paint. The white of snow. The white of bone. Outside, the wind screamed. It tore at the curtains. They snapped like wet paper. "Elara." Her mother stood in the doorway. She held a bowl. It was empty. "Drink," her mother said. Elara did not move. She looked at the bowl. It was made of clay....

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