
Ashby waited at the Madrid station while Captain Lopez paced the platform with equal impatience. The English family you expect is also known to me, senor. You step into this one-chapter preview with Katie Westlotorn at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. The guard shut the door, and the train moved north before you noticed that someone had followed you aboard. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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