The Pale Bonsai

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The Pale Bonsai

The dampness in the cellar is a living thing, a cold that seeps into the marrow and refuses to leave. I wake with a gasp, my hands still bound, the rope frayed and biting into the skin of my wrists. For a moment, I am not here. I am in the garden, the soil black and rich under my fingernails, and she is there, her face pale and perfect, the way she looked the morning we married. Her eyes are...

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