Chapter 61: Trespassers in the Hush
The rain came harder now — drumming on the shed’s tin roof like a warning. The hush had always been a secret under Isla’s boots, a promise murmured in the dark rows of the orchard. But tonight, it felt like something else — a spine made of dirt and wet bark and defiance.
Dell pushed past her, the o...
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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


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