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?”

the pan, one of them called out in greeting, “Good morning, Mr. Nolan, Ms.

easy with the seasoning,

chef roared with boisterous laughter. “Don’t

chefs joined in

familiar faces as they ventured deeper. A few servers of the

waiters?

to use the instruments. Very adeptly

“Oh, their thesis relates to geology. Usually, they would fool around in the Imperial Hotel and head to work when it

disbelief. “Your staff

dabble in geology,” Ashlyn replied,

saw several guards of the Imperial Hotel in a heated debate with several of the

we’ll put up some temporary shelters that won’t take up space or collapse from the wind but

right. We must first build such structures before planning the reconstruction. Reconstruction is crucial and requires vast manpower and resources, something impossible to accomplish

if we all work together,”

guard

it? Let’s go. I’m sleepy. I want

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