
On a cold March Monday, Frank Raynor mixed medicines while his uncle reviewed cases in their Trennach surgery. Groups of miners stood idle outside although the morning shift should have taken them underground. You step into this one-chapter preview with Edina Raynor at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. Before midnight we must decide whether to watch the sky, watch Bell, or discover that both need watching. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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