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Damon's Watch

Author: Arinus C. J
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-09-10 18:15:30

Damon's POV

I didn't sleep after the attack, I just can't.

I sit in the guard station just off the main hall, going over everything again and again, trying to find the piece I'm missing.

A man got past our outer wall, he passed two patrols, and a posted guard knocked out before he even had time to raise an alarm. And he did it all without a single witness catching more than a shadow at a window.

That's not luck, it's planning.

"You should rest," one of the younger guards says, passing through
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