The Pale Exile

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The Pale Exile

My hands were red to the wrists, the flour turning pink as I kneaded the dough. The oven was cold. I had to keep moving, or the spirit would see me stop. "Josef," a voice called from the doorway. It was Old Marek, my father’s friend. He stood in the light of the streetlamp, his face a map of old grudges. "You are working at this hour? The mill is silent." "The mill is always silent," I said,...

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