The Wistful Ashes

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The Wistful Ashes

The rain in Oakhaven did not wash things clean; it merely made the grime slicker, turning the cobblestones into mirrors of our own misery. I stood in the center of the dining room, watching the steam rise from the pot of thin broth, while my sister, Clara, picked at the crust of her bread with the mechanical precision of a woman who had forgotten how to hunger. The Bureau of Civic Harmony had...

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