The Wistful Ashes

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The Wistful Ashes

Act I The air in Veldt tasted of iron and wet wool. Frank Hutchins stood at the border gate, his hands stained black to the wrist, a permanent record of the Ink Tax he collected for the state. He was thirty-four, and his knees ached with the damp cold that froze the well water into thick, grey slabs. He needed to finish his final month. One month left, and the pension would secure Elara’s...

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