The Pale Bonsai
The black sap was already pooling in the creases of my knuckles, slick and cold as motor oil, before I even reached the gate. I wiped it on my trousers, the denim stiff with dried mud, and watched the dark stain spread across the fabric like a bruise. My father had died three winters ago, but the debt to the Pale Court did not die with him; it had been waiting in the marrow of my bones, patient...
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