The Pale Garden

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The Pale Garden

The brass valve in my hand was cold, colder than the iron railing I gripped to steady myself. It was a small thing, a standard industrial fitting, yet it held the weight of a forty-year silence. I stood on the gallery of the Thorne Estate, looking down into the valley where Oakhaven sprawled, a patchwork of brick and soot under a grey November sky. The air tasted of coal dust and wet wool. I...

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