The Wistful Cipher
October 12, 1942. The fever has taken the color from Lily’s cheeks, leaving her skin the pale, translucent shade of old parchment. I sit by her bedside in the cramped flat we share, the air thick with the scent of boiled water and antiseptic, watching her chest rise and fall in shallow, rattling breaths. Outside, the city of Ashworth groans under a weight it cannot name; the shadows in the...
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