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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 threw the black bell into the dark instead of ringing it. "I never agreed to this," she said. The ground softened under her boots and pulled her down into the open coffin. The lid closed gently, almost kindly. The last thing she heard was her own bell, finally ringing for her.
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