The Faded Dust
The bread was stale. Not merely dry, but brittle, a hard shell of flour and time that crumbled at the touch of a single fingernail. I held the loaf in my hands, the weight of it negligible, the texture rough against my palms. We had been walking for three days, the rain a constant, cold sheet that soaked through my wool cloak and settled deep in the bones. The village of Oakhaven was a smear of...
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