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CHAPTER 164

ONCE AGAIN

Her bedside candle had burned away to a stump. Melted wax dripped in ribbons across the wooden tabletop, hardened like a congealed vein. Emerald remained silent, her knees up against her chest, her gaze fixed upon the window. upon where the woods began.

She hadn't budged in hours.

The...