Cold Homecoming

POV: MAEVIA

I did not fight the perimeter sentries. The moment those silver-tipped spears crossed to block my exit, I turned on my heel and walked back toward the estate. I did not surrender. I waited for dusk to cast long shadows over the eastern riverbank, slipping through the forgotten drainage culverts that ran beneath the thick stone walls. Torin’s men never patrolled the damp tunnels.

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