The Faded Portrait

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The chisel bit into the limestone with a sound like a bone snapping. I held the handle so tight my knuckles turned the color of old ash. The stone was cold, but the vibration traveling up my forearm felt hot, a living thing pulsing against the marrow. I was Elias Thorne, forty-two years old, and I had one day left before the frost sealed the quarry and the village council counted my debt. If I...

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