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The Debt of Hollow Bells
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Maren refused to dig a grave that shouldn't exist. She set the casebook down and walked toward the gate to fetch the village priest. But every grave she passed had its hollow bell ringing softly now, all six hundred at once, and the gate ahead would not open no matter how hard she pulled.
Maren turned from the locked gate and faced the ringing yard. "Fine. No priest. Just you and me." The bells quieted to a single toll near the far corner, pointing the way like a finger. She walked to it, spade in hand, and dug the grave the page had promised. By dawn she laid the debt to rest, and for the first time the gate swung open under her hand.
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