The Wistful Silence
The wind off the moor smells of wet iron and old blood. I hold the thorn in my hand. It is small. Brown. Worn smooth by years of my grip. It was a hawthorn branch once. Now it is just a splinter of wood that hurts when I squeeze it. I am leaving. The cart is packed. The silence in the room is heavy. It presses against my eardrums. Thomas stands by the door. He is old. His face is a map of...
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