ELDER'S BLOOD
I have to believe that.
Elizabeth catches me staring at the patched-up window. “It was already like that when I got here this morning,” she says. “They’re coming by later today to replace the glass.”
We leave the pack house and make our way through the heart of the territory, following a northwest path of stepping stones that leads to the expansive gardens and greenhouses. Workers move between rows of leafy greens, trellising tomatoes, bundles of herbs, and carts piled high with the day’s harvest. Fruit and nut trees mark the intersections of the garden paths, their branches heavy with the season’s bounty. The peach trees are yielding their final fruits as autumn sets in, but the apple, fig,
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