The Pale Bonsai
The hammer fell again. It was not a tool. It was a verdict. Silas stood in the center of the greenhouse, the glass walls fogging with the breath of a thousand dying leaves. Outside, the sky was the color of bruised iron. Inside, the air smelled of wet rot and ozone. He held his hands out. He did not flinch. "You’re late," said the woman in the corner. She sat on a stool, peeling an orange with...
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