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Chapter 62: The Devourer of Ten Thousand

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Chapter 62: The Devourer of Ten Thousand

The valley had cooled into evening. Long purple shadows stretched from the western ridge like fingers reaching for the last gold on the grass. A thin wind carried the smell of damp earth and distant rain. Most of the pack had already retreated—some to dens, some to quiet corners where bodies could press close and forget the day. Only I remained in the open, sitting cross-legged on the same wide flat stone I’d claimed as my listening place.

Virupaksha stoo
Kripa Shankar Sharma

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