The Pale Letter
March 14, 1912 The vial is cold against my thigh. I am forty-two years old, a border guard for twenty years, and I have never felt so small. Elara breathes in her sleep, a shallow rattle that sounds like dry leaves skittering across a grave. I want to give her the dose. I want to end the rattle. But the Pale Letter sits on the nightstand, its seal unbroken, its weight heavier than the glass in...
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