The Pale Path

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The Pale Path

The bread was black. Not dark brown, not the deep mahogany of a good rye, but black. It sat on the wooden board like a piece of charcoal, dense and heavy. I cut into it with my knife. The blade stuck. I had to press down, feeling the resistance in my wrist, the grain fighting the steel. My brother, Thomas, watched me. He did not speak. He was thin. His ribs showed through his tunic, sharp as...

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