The Pale Altar

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The Pale Altar

The scale in Elias’s apothecary tipped heavily toward the lead side, the needle trembling against the brass face as he added the final grain of dried foxglove. It was the forty-third child this month to be brought in by mothers whose hands were raw from scrubbing and whose eyes were hollowed by a fear that no amount of tincture could cure. The Pale Wasting did not discriminate by wealth or...

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