POV: Gina
"You're being punished," Lady Lila said, "and I want you to know I don't fully agree with it, but it's not my decision to argue with."
"Punished for what, exactly?" I set down the crate of old candle stubs she'd handed me. "Nobody's actually told me what I'm accused of."
"Two maids clawed themselves half to death in a corridor, and you were the last person seen near them." Lila's mouth pressed thin.
"Nobody's saying you did it on purpose. After all investigations, no one has evidence of you, at least not officially. Unofficially, you're dusting the archive wing for the next two weeks, and I would advise you not to ask too many questions about why."
"That's not fair."
"No," she agreed. "It rarely is, for people like us. Now go. The head archivist doesn't like waiting."
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