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The Cartomancer's Last Hand
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On the last hand the Queen cheats, sliding an extra card from her sleeve. Mireille catches her wrist. 'Two hundred years and you still cheat,' she says. The Queen snarls and flips the table. Cards scatter into the dark water.
Mireille grabs for the scattered cards in the dark, but the Queen is faster. Cold hands close around her ankle and pull her down. The last thing she sees is the painted card floating away, now showing two drowned women instead of one.
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