ERINThree days of nothing.No dreams. No messages. No word from the north. Just endless hours of waiting while the silence pressed down like a physical weight.I moved through Silver Ridge like a ghost, unable to settle, unable to focus. The declaration I had signed seemed meaningless now—political maneuvering while my mother might be dead and Jake might be walking into danger I couldn't warn him about.The compound continued its preparations regardless of my inner turmoil.Connor had ordered fortifications reinforced against the eastern threat. Work crews labored from dawn to dusk, strengthening walls, deepening trenches, positioning defensive emplacements. The air rang with hammer strikes and shouted coordination, the sounds of a community preparing for siege.Sullivan hadn't attacked yet.But everyone knew it was coming."The waiting is the hardest part." Marty appeared beside me on the second day, watching the construction crews work. "Before a battle, you can see your enemy. You
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