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Thirty-four – 07

[This post is from Phelan’s point of view.] Thordin’s hammer clanged off the anvil instead of the blade, ringing wrong, sounding off-key. Phelan risked a glance up at him, knowing what he’d see in his friend’s face—astonishment, disbelief, confusion. He … Continue reading

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Thirty-four – 06

[This post is from Phelan’s point of view.] Phelan kept walking—out of the tent, out into the sunshine and the grass of a late afternoon. The chill of winter had faded, giving away to a spring that was warming quickly, … Continue reading

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Thirty-four – 05

[This post is from Gray Miller’s point of view.] Phelan stared at him for a long moment, his brow furrowing. “Use what? Seamus’s gamble that didn’t pay off?” “We might be able to leverage it into paying off,” Gray said, … Continue reading

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Thirty-four – 04

[This post is from Gray Miller’s point of view.] He’d gone a dozen steps beyond the corridor’s exit before he ran into Phelan, whose nose was stuck in a book. Somehow, Gray found that to be a surprising sight—Phelan wandering … Continue reading

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Thirty-two – 05

[This post is from Thordin’s point of view.] Thordin watched the metal shift slowly from a dull orange closer toward bright white, shifting his weight every so often to pump the bellows, adding oxygen to the flames, fanning them to greater … Continue reading

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Thirty – 01

[This post is from Marin’s point of view.] “Anything?” Thom shook his head as he swung down from the saddle. “Not a damned thing. It’s like they vanished into thin air.” “She always was good at hiding,” Phelan muttered, crossing … Continue reading

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Twenty-eight – 01

[This post is from Marin’s point of view.] Matt’s gone. If Thom hadn’t been there, if he hadn’t been the one to find out, to tell me, I’m not sure what I would have done, what might have happened. As … Continue reading

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Twenty-seven – 04

They found Phelan and Marin sitting shoulder-to-shoulder on a slab of concrete, not nearly as far from the tents as Thom had expected them to be. They were quiet, staring off into the distance, though Phelan twitched as he saw … Continue reading

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Twenty-six – 05

[This post is from Marin’s point of view.] I sank down next to him, hugging one knee against my chest—as much as I could with my slowly growing belly. I wouldn’t be able to do that much longer. I scooted … Continue reading

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Twenty-six – 04

[This post is from Marin’s point of view.] I put my arm around his shoulders and squeezed him gently. Phelan sighed and shook his head slightly, still staring at the sky. “It’s never been easy,” he said. “Doing what I … Continue reading

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