Kara’s POVThe storeroom smelled like dust, old wood, and something faintly metallic, blood, maybe, or rust. Probably both.I stayed still, back pressed to a stack of grain sacks that had been piled so high they brushed the low ceiling. Somewhere above us, the building creaked as the night wind pushed against it. The rogue settlement had gone quiet hours ago.Blaze leaned against a crate near the door, arms crossed over his chest, head tilted as if he were listening for something only he could hear. Sheila sat on the floor with her knees pulled to her chest, blade resting loosely in her hand, eyes half lidded but alert. Caleb paced.He’d been pacing for a while.Back and forth. Back and forth. His boots whispered against the dirt floor, stopping just short of the door each time before he turned again.Finally, he broke.“So,” he said quietly, glancing at me. “What’s next?”I lifted my eyes to him.“We wait.” I said.He frowned. “That’s it?”“For now.”Caleb dragged a hand through his
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