The Pale Door
The wind did not blow here. It hovered. I stood in the center of the square. The stones were cold. They were wet with a mist that smelled of iron and old paper. Around me, the buildings rose like teeth. They were not stone. They were bone. I looked at my hands. They were clean. I had scrubbed them for hours. The water had been black. It had not washed away the stain. The stain was inside. It...
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