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Chapter 241 The Pipe Above the Water

Author: Ryco
last update publish date: 2026-11-10 00:20:17

Disaster day two hundred eighty one March 10

The first thing Nessa saw beyond Wrenfield's repaired fence was a pipe that no longer reached the stream.

Bryn Orrel had stopped beside the gate to describe the growing ground. Nessa pointed past her shoulder.

“Is that the intake?”

The leaseholder looked back. “It was.”

Nell put the folder away without opening the page about buildings.

They had come in Nessa's van after the road point released the upper approach and Bryn confirmed she could receive t
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