The Pale Circus

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The Pale Circus

Elara stood in the stone infirmary, the mortar heavy in her hands. She ground the dried willow bark into a fine, grey dust. The abbot’s cough echoed from the corridor, a cracked bell signaling his indifference. She wanted his cure before the winter solstice. His recovery would secure her position as head apothecary. The stone walls absorbed the sound of her labor. She was forty-two, her hands...

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