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The Cartographer’s Bloom

## The Cartographer’s Bloom The rain felt like cold needles against Elara’s skin, plastering a strand of dark hair to her cheek. She squinted at the sprawling Greenhaven Cemetery, rows upon rows of granite and marble gleaming wetly under a…

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Echo Bloom

## The Echo Bloom The lottery came at twenty-one. Everyone knew it. A chill settled over the cafeteria that day, even with the synthetic sun blazing down on the polymer tables. My name, Elara Vance, echoed through the hall—a tremor…

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