The Pale Tale
The ledger had eleven red ink marks, each one a deduction for late payment, and Elias counted them twice, his thumb rubbing the paper until the fibers frayed. He was thirty-four, his hands roughened by the mill’s grit, and the weight of the numbers pressed against his chest with a physical gravity that had nothing to do with the cold air. Mara’s debt was due by the first frost, and the frost...
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