The Pale Letter

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The Pale Letter

The wool itches. That is the first thing I remember, the dry, abrasive scrape of the fabric against my neck as I sit alone in the holding cell. I am Elias Thorne, a constable of the city watch, and I am waiting for the magistrate to come. The coat is not on me now; it sits in a box by the door, folded with a precision that feels like an insult. It was my son’s coat. Thomas was nineteen when he...

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