The Points Between: Chapter 24

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The Siege

It’s been years since Matthew did anything remotely resembling camping, and even on the few occasions when he technically “slept under the stars,” he did it in a tent. It seemed like roughing it at the time, but as he itches furiously from numerous mosquito bites he finds himself thinking wistfully about tents with zip flap entrances.

“Mosquitoes,” he grumbles aloud, as much to remind hi...