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Kyle continued, recounting the rest of the story

After Isaac was cast out, the charlatan assumed the child would not survive. Whether he lived or died didn’t matter. Eventually, wolves would eat him, and there would be nothing left.

But by chance, Adrian passed through that area. One night, he heard a faint baby–like cry and got curious. Thinking he had found a spirit, he followed the sound, only to be disappointed when he found Isaac.

First, it wasn’t a baby–it was a five or six–year–old child.

Second, it wasn’t a spirit–it was a sick child on the brink of death. Having been

abandoned there for who knows how long, one of his toes had been gnawed off by rats and his foot was covered in blood.

Worse still, there were poisonous snakes nearby. Luckily, Isaac was so sick he barely moved, and the snakes didn’t approach.

What incredible luck the child had. Barely breathing, he was still alive when Adrian found him. Despite his misgivings, Adrian took Isaac back with him. After a few days of light food and two doses of medicine, he actually started to recover.

In the capital, David had consulted many physicians who could not make Isaac any better. Yet, just a few bowls of soup and two doses of medicine had worked wonders.

It was extraordinary.

barely any flesh on him. Isaac was nearly six years old, but looked like he was only three or

snakes. He figured the child must be bold, and having courage was the

Once Isaac trusted Adrian enough, he shared his

the temple, the Earl of Silverstone’s family thought Isaac was dead. However, Adrian found the charlatan and took him back to Meadow Ridge. Saying the cool autumn day was a good time for drying cured meat, he set up a long pole and tied the

charlatan died, but he hung there for three months before being taken down. Burial

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a hole felt too disrespectful to the earth itself, so they simply threw his body to the

need to store fat for the winter, they wouldn’t have

Isaac had been taken to, and it was almost laughable how a noble family with a long history of military honor believed the lies about borrowing the power of some god or deity. It was one

the boy’s future would be full of music and joy, free from the

continued. “But he refused, saying there was no need. Seraphina had died in that fire, and once a person is dead, they

couldn’t stop the grief from spilling over. When she thought of Isaac, she thought of

He had been tortured, nearly dying in a few short months. Then, to be thrown away as if his life meant nothing–who knew what

acknowledge them, then don’t,” Rafael said, clearly angry. Who knows if they really sent Isaac away hoping he would live, or if

the Earl of Silverstone’s family had fully believed

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