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The Cartomancer's Last Hand

fantasy◐ Teen
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Mireille reaches across and yanks the hidden card from the Queen's sleeve. 'Cheater,' she spits. The Queen lunges over the table, fingers like cold hooks, and they both go down into the fog and mud.

In the mud, Mireille presses the stolen card face-down into the river. 'Back you go,' she gasps. The Queen is dragged downward, screaming, painted thin again. The card floats up, calm and flat. Mireille pockets it and burns it at home.

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