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The Smugglers of Ember Pass

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Vesna left the sled and climbed fast up a side gully to get above them. From the ridge she watched the followers reach her abandoned cargo and start prying the crates open. She could slip away now and keep the money, or stay and learn who they were.

The followers were border officers, and the vials inside were stolen vaccines bound for sick villages on the other side. Doru wasn't a smuggler. He was getting medicine past a blockade. Vesna had almost run from the wrong side. She climbed down and helped them carry it the rest of the way.

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