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Serin picked her way through the archive sub-basement. There was no reason to be here, but her curiosity had gotten the best of her.
Noomi, the head archivist, was unavailable, but her assistant Ksenia cracked the moment Serin asked for Marina’s records. The thin volume was on its own pedestal. Even though the elders and her family never mentioned her by name, the archivists could always be counted on to find a place of honor for one of their own.
She flipped through the book, reading the brief notes on her aunt’s different missions. Her short tenure had been spectacular. So much promise…But this life wasn’t for everyone.
Serin bit her lip, tears stinging her eyes for a woman she never met but should have known. She forced her attention back to the page, intent on reading every acco
