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CEDE Chapter Nine

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Chris Riddell
Jun 12, 2026
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Cede kept his head down, and when the server approached his table ordered a couple of skewers from the griddle and a flask of steam ale. The server held out her globe and Cede fumbled at his belt for his own. Moondale had returned the globe to him just before Cede had set off on this mission she’d set him.

“Forty Candles,” she had said with a grim smile.…

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