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?”

in the pan, one of them called out in

“Go easy with

“Don’t worry, Ms. Berry. I’m a

joined in

deeper. A few servers of the Imperial Hotel were engaged in a geological survey with the experts

they waiters?

how to use the instruments. Very adeptly too, it

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

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

merely dabble in geology,”

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

the meantime, we’ll put up some temporary shelters that won’t take up space or

expression. “Indeed. Winston is right. We must first build such structures

done if we all work

“The guard became an

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

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