Chapter 11

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𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚌 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚖.

𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚛.

"𝙼-𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚌?" 𝙷𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚕𝚢.

𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚞𝚍𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚌'𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚖.

𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝.

𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚌 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝.

𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚣𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚠 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚛𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛.

"𝙾𝚑...𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚑. 𝙸-𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝...𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝. 𝚂-𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢." 𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢.

𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝.

𝙳𝚊𝚢 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝.

𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋.

𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢.

"𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚘𝚔."

𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚌 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚢.

𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕.

"𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝?"

𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝.

𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚌 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚜.

𝙷𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑.

"𝙾𝚑, 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐."

𝙷𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚌 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝.

𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚌 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚎𝚛.

𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐.

"𝙳𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎?"

𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚜.

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