Clotheslines and wildflowers and the kind of silence that sits between two people who almost say too much.

This chapter opens like a window after a closed room — sunlit, full of children's voices and the easy rhythm of friendship. But underneath the warmth, two women carry very different versions of the same ache: the distance between the life you have and the one you thought you'd live.

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Narrated by Rebecca Hasler.

Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed.

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