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Chapter 118

Author: Judith
last update publish date: 2026-06-10 06:17:02

He came to the door and he looked in and he did not come further.

"Luna," he said. A nod. To me and to the children in the efficient, economic way of someone for whom the visit itself is the communication and the words are confirmatory rather than substantive.

"Pell," I said. "Thank you."

He understood what I was thanking him for. The trail. The intelligence. The finding of the thread that had allowed Zayden to find me.

He nodded again.

He left.

Simple. Real. Entirely sufficient.

Mara brought w
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