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The noise of the alarm echoed around the Illuminated Cartographer's library.
"Come down quickly," Bridget called up. "I need to get to the War Room."
Sienna hurried back down the ladder, clutching the star map to her chest. At the bottom, the Illuminated Cartographer held out a hand. "You can't take it with you now. It belongs here until such time as you go into the Borderlands."
"But I –"
"We need to go now." Bridget stood by the door, one hand holding it open as she beckoned.
Sienna hurried after her but turned at the door, looking back at the old man tethered to the map room, his life blood sustaining the core of the Ministry. He smiled at her, and in his eyes, she saw a promise of something she didn't quite grasp yet. Had those same eyes smiled at her father as he left?
"Let's
