The Pale Letter

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The Pale Letter

The rain in the garrison does not fall so much as it seeps, a cold, persistent exhalation from the very stones that seems to breathe against my skin. I am Elias Thorne, a sergeant of thirty-two years, and I sit in the corner of the barracks, the dampness of the walls pressing against my back like a living thing, while I clutch a cracked porcelain bird in my left hand. The bird is white, its...

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