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The Debt of Hollow Bells
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Instead of digging, Maren flipped to the very front of the casebook and read her first entry, written when she was young. The name of her first-ever ringing had been scratched out. Under the scratch, faint, was tonight's handwriting. She had met this writer before, long ago, and made a promise she could no longer remember.
Maren shut her eyes and forced the memory back. A cold barn. A starving girl. A stranger who taught her the bells in exchange for one favor, someday. "I remember you now," she whispered. The bell in the tower rang once, soft and almost grateful. "Then you know what I came for," the voice said. She took up her spade and dug the last grave, and at dawn the debt was paid and the yard fell quiet.
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