The Faded Road

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The Faded Road

The map was folded into a square no larger than a playing card, held together by a rusted paperclip that had gone soft with damp. Elias counted the creases before he opened it, three vertical, two horizontal, a grid that held the fog of the village at bay. He was twelve, and his hands were rough from stripping bark for the winter stores, but the paper felt cool and dry against his palms, a...

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