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The report landed on Aria’s desk three days after the academy term began, marked with Capricorn’s sharp, careful script and stamped with the Zodiac’s highest priority seal. Aria broke the wax while sitting beside Malphas in the council chambers, the firelight gilding the edges of the parchment as she read through the details slowly, her gaze sharpening with every line.

ANOMALY REPORT - NORTHERN BORDERLANDS

LOCATION - Remote village of Icevein, three days west of the Glacier Marches.

SUBJECT - Female, apparent age late twenties. No name given. No pack registry. No family ties. No record of birth, initiation, or migration in any clan archive dating back fifty years....