The Wistful Ashes

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The Wistful Ashes

Mara. The name hung in the air, sharp as a wire. It was not a call of affection. It was a summons from the Bureau, the men in grey coats who stood at the edge of the condemned square, their voices carrying over the wind with the flat certainty of men who had already decided the outcome. I was thirty-four years old. My knees ached from the cold, a dull throb that had settled into my bones over...

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