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Chapter 229 The Boundary
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2026-05-11 14:30:35We left at dawn.
Three people, two horses, and Aldric, who traveled in a way I had stopped trying to categorize and simply accepted as characteristic of him.
Kael and I had said the necessary things to the necessary people the night before.
Theron had command of the military. Helena had the medical situation and the civilian population.
Martin had the day-to-day logistics in his one remaining hand, which—as Kael had observed quietly to me the night before&mda
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