The Faded Root

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The Faded Root

The dirt was cold enough to sting the raw skin of my palms, but I did not stop. I was digging, the trowel striking the packed earth with a dull, rhythmic thud that seemed to vibrate up my arm and into the marrow of my shoulder. Above me, the sky was a bruised purple, the year of the Red Frost pressing down on Oakhaven like a heavy, wet wool blanket. I am forty-two years old, and for the last...

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