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LERRIN
Lerrin sat at the breakfast table in the market, barely able to eat he was so overwhelmed.
He'd thought he'd never see this place again. He thought he'd never see the WildWood and smell its scents again. Thought he'd never lean on a Great Tree again. He'd been convinced…
And then he'd had to send Suhle and their daughter and—a growl wanted to rise in his throat and he swallowed it back.
He was no longer accustomed to so many bodies, so many voices, so much noise. It was putting his already frayed nerves on edge.
