
The ruins around your family home still marked Cromwell's assault, while most former Davenant land belonged to the Whitefoots nearby. Grandmother treats their house as if it cannot be seen, but refusing a neighbour's existence does not change the boundary. You step into this one-chapter preview with John Whitefoot at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. Behind you the rescue line strained, while the stranger's identity waited above the cliff. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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