The Pale Exile

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The Pale Exile

The courier’s seal was broken, the wax cold and cracked like old skin. Gayane Gevorgyan stood before the imperial clerk, the saddle blanket of expensive wool draped over her arm, its fibers stiff with the damp. It was 1904, and the air in the station smelled of brine and iron, a taste that coated the back of her throat. She had come to save her business, to trade this single, perfect piece for...

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