The Pale Exile

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The Pale Exile

The jade hairpin in Rajesh Gupta’s pocket felt like a stone, heavy and cold against his hip. He was fifty-two, a retired archivist, and he had waited thirty years to return a single object. The museum stood at the edge of the city, a block of grey stone that smelled of damp paper and old dust. Inside, the air was still, broken only by the distant cooing of the dovecote on the roof. He walked...

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