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Chapter Twenty-two: Music, Rum, and Realizations

The next evening in Willowridge was dressed in lights. Strings of bulbs glowed over the old tavern’s timber walls, and the scent of grilled food and beer drifted through the air. Inside, chatter mixed with the warm thrum of guitars tuning up.

Freya tugged her scarf tighter, glancing sideways at Axi...