The Faded Bouquet

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The Faded Bouquet

The air in the prefectural hall tasted of wet wool and iron filings, a heavy, suffocating weight that pressed against the back of my throat as I stood beside Elara, whose fingers were cold and trembling in my grip. We were nineteen, young enough to think we could outgrow the old debts, but Elder Sato’s voice, dry as the cracked earth outside, cut through the noise of the harvest feast and the...

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