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Sera's Call

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MAYA'S POV

Sera called on Friday at seven in the morning.

I was in the kitchen, coffee in hand, the building still quiet around me, and I picked up on the second ring because seven in the morning meant something had moved.

"I found her," Sera said.

No preamble. That was the thing about Sera: she'd spent eight years as a liaison and had learned that context was for after the news, not before it.

"Tell me," I said.

"Her name is Yuna Park," Sera said. "Twenty-two, biology PhD candidate at UW, no p
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