The Wistful Grid

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The Wistful Grid

The black thorn sat in my palm, heavy as a wet stone, its bark rough and pulsing with a slow, rhythmic heat that matched the throb in my temple. It was not a plant I had ever seen in the herb gardens of the lower ward, nor did it smell of the dried lavender and rosemary that usually clung to my fingers after a shift; instead, it exhaled a scent like grinding stone and old iron, a smell that...

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