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Chapter 44 — Convergence Lines

Author: Brandi Rae
last update publish date: 2026-06-06 23:29:12

The map gained another mark three days later.

Nobody planned for that to happen.

Mark had spread the ranger station map across the table after dinner while Dean compared it against an old road atlas scavenged months earlier. What started as curiosity slowly became something else as more people drifted into the cabin.

By the time Evelyn stepped inside, half a dozen survivors were gathered around the table.

Nobody was speaking much. That alone caught her attention. Normally, a group that size wou
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