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Chapter 61 — The Early Signal
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2026-08-14 12:29:09Two fresh wheel grooves led from the northern granary door. One groove cut deeper than the other, marking a loaded handcart with a damaged left wheel.
The unconscious guard breathed beside the granary wall while a healer checked the swelling at the back of his skull.
“No poison"” Lorelai asked.
“Not that I can detect. He was struck.”
“Did he wake at all"”
“Long enough to say he heard one person inside the office and
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