The Pale Exile

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The Pale Exile

The feather was white, impossibly clean, and it floated in the black ink of the petition like a snowflake refusing to melt. You stared at it, your hand hovering over the quill, the damp wool of your cardigan pulling tight against your chest. It was November, 1912, and the air in the Hofburg archive smelled of dust, old paper, and the metallic tang of fear. You had come to secure the pardon for...

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