The Pale Path
You are twelve, and your left knee is a clock that has stopped ticking. It is not broken, the doctor says. It is just... tired. He uses the word with a smile that doesn't reach his eyes, a polite lie wrapped in white cotton. You are in the Hall of St. Jude’s, a place that smells of old paper, damp stone, and the metallic tang of fear. The walls are lined with portraits of boys who came before...
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