The Wistful Show
The letter lay on the table, the ink still wet and black as a bruise. Elias read it twice, the paper trembling in his hands. It was from the apothecary in the village below, signed with a shaky hand. Thomas was dying. The fever had taken his strength, and the boy’s breath came in shallow, rattling gasps that shook the very bedframe. Elias folded the note, the crease sharp against his thumb. He...
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