The Wistful Ashes

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The Wistful Ashes

The ledger showed forty-two hours of labor remaining before the next ration. Maren counted the stitches in the torn hem of her work tunic, each pull of the needle a small, sharp act of defiance against the dull ache in her fingers. She had been a medium for twenty years, sensing the cold spots where the dead lingered, but here in Oakhaven, that gift was a debt. The Council taxed her...

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