The Faded Bouquet

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The Faded Bouquet

The match struck, flared, and died in a puff of sulfur that smelled of burnt hair. Major Elias Thorne held his hand steady, the black roses in his fist pulsing against his palm like a second heartbeat, cold and wet. He was forty-two, and his knuckles were white from the strain of holding the stems, which had grown thorns that bit into his skin with a precision that felt surgical. The...

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