The Wistful Grid

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The Wistful Grid

The ink is dry. The candle burns low. You write these words by the guttering light, your hand steady, though your heart hammers against your ribs like a trapped bird. You are in the cell. The stone is cold against your back. You can smell the damp, the rot of old straw, and beneath it, the sharp, metallic tang of fear. You do not look up. You look at the parchment in your hands. It is not a...

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