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Submitted to Contest #204
Just a little note: While this story is free from any explicit language or gore, it does have a suspenseful theme and does mention death. If that may be triggering for you, I suggest not reading or at least proceeding with this warning in mind. The horn sounded through the village in a unique sequence of one long note and three quick, short ones. Raiders. Etta knew it would only be a matter of time. This winter was proving to be one of the hardest she'd seen in her twenty years. If the stories from the elders proved right, that meant Vale...
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