The Pale Bridge

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The Pale Bridge

The smoke from the harvest feast hangs low over Oakhaven, tasting of coal and burnt apples. You are twelve years old, standing at the edge of the table where the foreman, Mr. Thorne, is carving a leg of mutton. The town is loud, a roar of laughter and clinking glass, but you feel a cold pull in your chest, a tightness that has nothing to do with the food. You want Thorne to see you. You want...

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