The Pale Path
The iron bell in the square did not ring for the dead. It rang for the living who had forgotten how to breathe. I stood in the mud, my hands stained with the black oil of the loom, watching the mist curl off the river like the breath of a sleeping giant. The town of Oakhaven was small, a cluster of slate and stone huddled against the dark, but in those days, it felt infinite. Every shadow held...
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