The Faded Root

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The Faded Root

My hands were shaking as I pinned the final page of the report to the heavy oak desk. The ink was still wet, glistening under the gaslight like a bruise. I checked the time on the wall clock. It was 4:15. The Bureau closed at 5:00. I had forty-five minutes to save my sister’s name from the archive of silence. The air in the Ministry of Textile Standards was cold, not from the draft under the...

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