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| Chapter Thirty |

| Sasha and Ashton stood with their arms linked, staring around them. Everything was goneThe house, the animals, the garden. Looking at the devastation was surely the same as looking at the pits of hell. The black remains were still smouldering. Across the pastureland were charred carcasses of sheep and cattle; the crows that had survived the fire swooped down over them, surveying what was left for them to consume. |

| "It's even worse than I imagined," Sasha said, shuddering. "Ashton, seeing this gives me such asuch an empty feeling. We worked so hard and now have nothing left to show for it." |

| Ashton turned to her. He placed his hands at her cheeks and gazed sternly down at her. "Didn't I tell you that I have a plan that will give this all back to us?" he said. "We shall rebuild our house. We shall |

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