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Hour before departure

Author: Gifted Hands
last update publish date: 2026-02-28 18:27:18
Lira's POV

“We cannot come back from this.”

“How will we rebuild?”

“We have lost everything.”

Those were the words I heard as more Blackthornes pulled themselves from the rubble.They said it quietly. Some said it out loud. Some only mouthed it, like saying it would make it less real.

No one had hope. And I understood why. By nightfall, rogues would think this is abandoned land. We had no fences. And it would be dangerous to sleep there that night. I felt hollow. Empty. Like something
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