The Pale Exile

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The Pale Exile

Francisco Sousa was a tanner in the Alentejo, and he had exactly forty-eight hours before the royal inspector arrived to inspect the new mordant batch. The rain that had been falling since dawn had found the hole in the roof of the workshop, pooling in the exact spot where Francisco kept his most sensitive samples. He wiped the water from the leather with a rough cloth, his thumb pressing into...

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