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Kertel Cresswell could finally stop running. Not being able to see the sun—that was a small price to pay for a bit of peace.

Most of it was over. But she couldn't forget who had enabled it in the first place, who had first marked her down as a traitor to Arcadia, who had played her like a pawn on the chessboard.

And she wouldn't let the rest of the world forget it, either.

Extracting a thick tome from her suitcase, she began to write, her spidery writing dancing across the yellowing pages.

And when the time was right, she would release it, let its contents wreak havoc.

She would never allow history to repeat itself.


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