Epilogue: Isla
The hush orchard never looked the same twice.
Mason used to say that — usually when I was young and asking why the hush wind sounded different each season, or why the branches bent low some years and rose like spires in others. Back then, I thought it was just his way of spinning orchard riddles. N...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Return
2. Chapter 2: The Man in The Café
3. Chapter 3: Roots and Ghosts
4. Chapter 4: Beneath The Roots
5. Chapter 5: Roots of Truth
6. Chapter 6: The Deepest Roots
7. Chapter 7: Hollow Promises
8. Chapter 8: When The Roots Split
9. Chapter 9: Bitter Harvest
10. Chapter 10: Ashes and Echoes
11. Chapter 11: Secrets Beneath The Ash
12. Chapter 12: Ledger and Flame
13. Chapter 13: The Broken Gate
14. Chapter 14: The Watcher in the Rows
15. Chapter 15: Fire at the Fence Line
16. Chapter 16: Into the Hollow
17. Chapter 17: The Thorns Awake
18. Chapter 18: The Thaw
19. Chapter 19: The Last Harvest
20. Chapter 20: Blood and Blossom
21. Chapter 21: Petals and Ash
22. Chapter 22: Rooted Voices
23. Chapter 23: Into the Hollow Again
24. Chapter 24: The Thorns Aware
25. Chapter 25: The Thaw Deepens
26. Chapter 26: The Last Stand
27. Chapter 27: Paper Roots
28. Chapter 28: The Orchard’s Promise
29. Epilogue: When Lilies Bloom
30. Author’s Note
31. Part Two: Prologue
32. Chapter 29: Beneath the Lilies
33. Chapter 30: Paper Secrets
34. Chapter 31: Dawn’s Divide
35. Chapter 32: A Name Unburied
36. Chapter 33: The Orchard Ledger
37. Chapter 34: Roots Unearthed
38. Chapter 35: Blood and Soil
39. Chapter 36: What the Orchard Remembers
40. Chapter 37: Where the Roots Sleep
41. Chapter 38: Ash and Seed
42. Chapter 39: The Piece to Give
43. Chapter 40: The Bloom
44. Chapter 41: Whispers in the Hollow
45. Chapter 42: A Stranger’s Claim
46. Chapter 43: Roots of Betrayal
47. Chapter 44: The Echo of the Hush
48. Chapter 45: The Orchard’s Promise
49. Chapter 46: The Roots Remember
50. Chapter 47: Roots and Rain
51. Chapter 48: Blossoms in the Dark
52. Chapter 49: The Orchard’s Breath
53. Chapter 50: What We Sow
54. Chapter 51: The Gathering Storm
55. Chapter 52: Roots of Defiance
56. Chapter 53: No Trespassing
57. Chapter 54: Under the Lantern Light
58. Chapter 55: The Buried Truth
59. Chapter 56: Paper Cuts and Thorns
60. Chapter 57: Lanterns Never Die
61. Chapter 58: When Roots Roar
62. Chapter 59: The Safe and The Storm
63. Chapter 60: The Rain Knows
64. Chapter 61: Trespassers in the Hush
65. Chapter 62: Roots and Reckoning
66. Chapter 63: The Vault and the Veil
67. Chapter 64: The Line Reclaimed
68. Chapter 65: Storm’s Return
69. Chapter 66: Lightning and Lies
70. Chapter 67: The Cost of Roots
71. Chapter 68: The Enemy’s Seed
72. Chapter 69: Poison in the Orchard
73. Chapter 70: Storm Testimony
74. Chapter 71: Roots and Ruins
75. Chapter 72: Ghosts in the Rows
76. Chapter 73: The Fire We Call Truth
77. Chapter 74: Standing Clean
78. Chapter 75: A Season to Bloom
79. Chapter 76: Row by Row
80. Chapter 77: Roots and Teeth
81. Chapter 78: Hollow Creek Howls
82. Chapter 79: Fences and Flames
83. Chapter 80: The Witness Tree
84. Chapter 81: Blood and Deeds
85. Chapter 82: Roots and Reckoning
86. Chapter 83: Winter’s Vein
87. Chapter 84: What Remains
88. Chapter 85: Where the Roots Lead
89. Epilogue: Isla
90. Part Three: Prologue
91. Chapter 86: The Soil Remembers
92. Chapter 87: Beneath the Quiet Earth
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