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Chapter 50: Two Weeks

Author: Ozioma
last update publish date: 2026-08-02 20:08:01

The two weeks that followed passed in a blur of preparation so intense that Cassian sometimes found himself forgetting, for brief merciful stretches, the source of the urgency driving it all. Kael's council met daily, sometimes twice, refining strategy as fresh scout reports continued arriving with updated estimates of Rowan's approaching forces.

"Nearly four hundred men, by the latest count," Aldric reported during one such council session, Cassian present now as a matter of course rather than
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