Her Crown, His Ruin

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they had tended for generations. My hands blistered, then bled, then grew n

s, without food or water. I was preparing for the Homecoming. It is our most sacred night, when the souls of the newly departed

rizon, a convoy of black SUVs drove up the mountain

permanently nervous expression, got

t, his voice tight. "Governor

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and. He plans to build a luxury r

ve. I just s

ightly. "They have to be removed. Mr. Fuller wants

e desecration. It severs the soul' s connection to the earth, trappin

d, my voice a

tificates for your entire... clan... will be permanently sealed. Classified. There will

them from history. To deny

no allies, no legal standing.

their weapons. But I just stood there, defeated. I watched

my family from their graves, dumping t

as they stole my family from me all over again. The Homecoming was t