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CHAPTER HUNDRED AND FIFTY_ Calm Before the Storm

Penulis: Mercy V.
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-06 21:34:43

They made camp early, for once.

The pass spat them out into a shallow bowl of land where the rock gave way to scrub and a thin fringe of trees. A stream cut silver through the center, shallow enough for horses to drink without fuss. The sky was still streaked with the last of the light when Rhea called the halt.

“No sense riding ourselves blind,” she said, swinging down. “We push hard tomorrow. Tonight, we eat something that isn’t moving under us.”

No one argued.

By the time full dark settled,
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