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The Cartomancer's Last Hand

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Mireille pushes her luck and bets all her remaining years on one hand. The Queen's eyes gleam. They turn their cards over together. Mireille's heart pounds as she sees the result.

Mireille's hand wins by a single point. The Queen ages two hundred years in a breath, until only dust and river weed sit where a woman stood. Mireille has won decades she never lived, and dawn finds her staring at her young hands in wonder.

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