The Pale Garden

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The Pale Garden

The rose bit Elias’s thumb. It was not a metaphor. The thorn, pale as bone and sharp as a needle, pierced the skin with a wet, sucking sound that seemed too loud for the empty courtyard. Blood welled up, dark and thick, and the flower did not retract. It pulsed, a slow, rhythmic throb that matched the beat of his own heart. Elias stared at the bloom, the white petals trembling in the stagnant...

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