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Part four of this chapter is going to come out on April 30th.

This chapter is a five-parter, so we're not quite at the finale yet.

But I will talk to you next month, and in the meantime, enjoy part three. The Once

The Once and Future Nerd.

Book 2 Myth Made Flesh.

Chapter 9 A Handful of Bodyguards

Part 3 by O Carciente and Christian T. Kelly Madera. I'm going to take you away for a bit from Regan's new court, and for now, to the constabulary of the white forest.

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