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The Debt of Hollow Bells
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Maren pried the lid open. The coffin was empty except for a small bell, blacker than the rest, with her own name etched on the rim. The voice rose from the empty box. "Ring it," it said, "and you take my place keeping the dead. Refuse, and you join them. Choose, Bellkeeper."
Maren had a third idea. She rang the black bell, but instead of taking the job, she shouted the name of the voice that had trapped her into the open grave. The thing that taught her the bells was pulled, screaming, down into the coffin meant for her. The lid slammed. She buried it deep and walked away free.
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