# What the Darkness Kept

> Built to destroy. Retired to grow pears. Not as hidden as he thought.

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Built to destroy. Retired to grow pears. Not as hidden as he thought.

He settles his neighbors' arguments and tends his orchard, and the war he was made for is a long time gone. Then someone from the capital starts asking questions about the district, and the answers keep pointing toward something that should not still exist.

- ~75,000 words
- 22 chapters
- Secondary-world Roman Empire

- redemption
- shame
- forgiveness
- identity

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