The Pale Garden

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The Pale Garden

The dampness in the cellar of the Abbey of St. Jude did not smell of rot, but of wet stone and old iron. Elias Thorne sat on the cold flagstones, his back pressed against the wall, clutching a single rose in his left hand. The petals were a pale, sickly white, yet they held their shape with a rigid, impossible permanence. It had been three years since he had taken it from the Abbot’s private...

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