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Chapter 25
April 29th
Henry POV
Abigail didn’t want any details concerning Rossi’s punishment. She only wanted me to tell her it was over, so that is what I did. I told Levi as we rode back into the fort that I didn’t want to be disturbed until the following day. I needed time to process what I had been a part of. Whipping and then hanging Zeke had been nothing compared to the brutality of a blood eagle. The image of that will haunt me for many years to come. But if ending his life put Abigail at ease, knowing she would never be forced away from me again, then it was worth any nightmares I might endure.
The next few weeks were busier than before as we continued to sort and load everything that we would need for our journey to Camp Supply. It had been vacant for about a year because the previous command resigned and the remaining soldiers had no one to lead them. They either returned home back east or sc
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