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... ing of birds as the morning sun pierced the forest canopy, bathing the camp in a gentle, dappled light. Alexander Maxwell leaned against his spear, its haft worn smooth from days of use, and fixed his gaze on the barricade they'd erected the previous evening. The structure was modest—a line of sharpened stakes reinforced with logs and brush—but it stood as a fragile bulwark against the wilderness, a step above the vulnerability of an open clearing.
Elias emerged from the shelter, stretch ...
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