Chapter 142: Prisoner Exchange

Damon left the castle an hour before noon.

He moved alone through the southern district, taking the longer route that kept him off the main streets. The city was quieter in this direction, fewer undead humans, the particular emptiness of ground nobody had claimed because nobody had wanted it.

South Court Station appeared ahead, its entrance half-buried under debris accumulated since the early days. The signage was still visible if you knew what you were looking at.

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