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Chapter 206- The Sleeping Gate

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We left the station at first light.

Or what passed for first light along the forgotten road.

A pale silver glow drifted through the darkness, softening the shadows and illuminating the broken path ahead.

The Wayfinder remained behind.

For now.

The road to Lumora had become too fractured for a ship.

This next part of the journey would be on foot.

Hope was thrilled.

Void was not.

Noah immediately began documenting everyone's reactions.

A deeply annoying habit.

The road wound through silent ruins.
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