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CHAPTER 93

Author: Khair Laith
last update publish date: 2026-09-15 20:07:06

Damien's POV

Three weeks into my sentence, my hands had blistered and healed and blistered again, the physical labor Ashwood Hollow demanded considerably more punishing than anything Silvercrest's training grounds had ever required of me. I rose before dawn each morning, tended the pack's modest livestock, hauled water and firewood, and completed whatever construction or repair work the settlement's aging infrastructure constantly seemed to require.

The work itself I could tolerate, however muc
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