The Pale Bridge
The dream was of bread. Not the pale, dry rye of the garrison, but a loaves of black yeast bread, warm and heavy as a sleeping child. It sat on a table in a room that smelled of damp wool and old iron. A hand reached for it. The hand was not William’s. It was pale, thin, and covered in ash. William woke with the taste of charcoal in his mouth. He lay in the straw bed of the keep. The walls were...
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