With Lee in Virginia

You found overseer Jonas Pearson preparing to whip eighteen-year-old Dan for delaying an urgent message to the field hands. Dan disobeyed, but you will not strike him; punishment does not become necessary merely because a whip is available. You step into this one-chapter preview with Dan at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. The planned conversation with Jonas and the meaning of Vincent's departure remained beyond the chapter. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.

Chapters

1. The Overseer's WhipOrangery plantation, Virginia · 6 min

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