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    Erasing our tracks, Cyrus guessed. He knew a little of hunting— not much. It had a few hunters already, Castitas…


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    He showed up the same day. The same clipping day!


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    Do you really think he’s with them? he asked himself. He saved me. Am I that stupid?


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    It’s a wonder this didn’t happen earlier, Luke thought. A village mayor’s son could be useful, but I have no time to deal with someone like this.


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    “walk.” He sat up quickly— somehow— and pounded a leg, grunting. “Work, stupid!”


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    “thirty miles from your village to Ulciscor,” Luke said. “There’s no way I can make that without resting. I’m sorry.”


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    “For now. And a long time after that, I hope.


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    I’ll need to find a suitable piece of wood, Luke thought. Everything else is easy. I just have to—


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    that bad. He frowned. Was it?


    eaten his peels. Despite everything that happened, that had to be the strangest thing he had seen all day.


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    “Why not? “It’s a bit of a story.”


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    dangerous place, Castitas. Cyrus was certainly too young for the journey.


    lead them. The village council offered him the position of mayor. Orcus, humble as he was, had prepared to decline. In private, Mary requested he accept, to consider it payment for all he had done. It was her last request, in fact.


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