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Chapter 31: The Howl of the Alpha
Author: Secret Road
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The micro climate of Sanctuary had become a fragile Eden in the frozen hell of the new world. For two days following the upgrade, Arthur's small community had enjoyed a reprieve a stretch of hours marked by warm meals, restful sleep, and the slow, tentative emergence of something that might have been called normalcy. Maya had claimed a corner of the living quarters as her own, stringing a hammock between two support beams and filling the space with the quiet, efficient energy of a woman accusto
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