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Chapter 63 — Survival Lessons
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2026-07-28 14:00:34Kael's POV
The storm stopped sometime during the night.
I noticed the silence before I noticed anything else—the absence of wind against the cabin walls, the stillness where there had been constant movement for hours. I stood on the porch in the early grey light and looked at what it had left behind.
The valley was buried. Every surface was covered, every angle softened; the world was reduced to white and shadow and the dark lines of trees disappearing into the dist
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