She gazed at her hands, which had toiled on the land alongside her parents’. They were coarse and sallow, and the sight of them made her temper flare.

How is Charlotte that fortunate to have been adopted by the Field family?

Her anger and jealousy grew the more she thought about it.

Amidst her resentment, she drifted off to sleep.

At the first light of dawn, the rain, having poured unceasingly for the past couple of days, finally showed signs of stopping. As the downpour slowed to a drizzle, the pattering gave way to a steady, discordant drip.

Some of the early risers in the camp had already begun their morning drills when Ashlyn and Lucas returned.

When they passed the stove, Lucas saw several familiar faces.

Upon closer inspection, he frowned.

“Are those the chefs from the Imperial Hotel?”

spatula in his hand and masterfully flipping the vegetables in the pan, one of them called out in greeting, “Good morning,

“Go easy

boisterous laughter. “Don’t worry, Ms.

others chefs joined in

more familiar faces as they ventured deeper. A few servers of the Imperial Hotel were engaged in a geological survey with the

they waiters?

how to use the instruments. Very adeptly too,

sight did not perturb Ashlyn. “Oh, their thesis relates to geology. Usually, they would fool around in the Imperial Hotel and head to work when it was time

at her in disbelief. “Your staff has such hidden talents! Some are even experts

no experts. They merely dabble in geology,” Ashlyn replied, still in the

Hotel in a heated debate with several of the architects on the

In the meantime, we’ll put up some temporary shelters that won’t take up space or collapse from the wind but will also keep

Winston is right. We must first build such structures

done if we all work together,” another young

“The guard

of building a house, isn’t it? Let’s go. I’m sleepy. I want to

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