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Majella’s breath hitched. She was looking at a catalogue of her own soul.

Majella frowned. The Department only received things that were lost. Books were rarely lost in the true sense; they were usually stolen, lent, or sold. But as she leaned closer, she felt the hum. It was a low, mournful vibration, the kind that made her teeth ache. majella shepard

"Ridiculous," she whispered, slamming the book shut. "I am not lost. I am right here." Majella’s breath hitched

The dust in the Fetching Room didn’t float; it hovered, suspended by the static charge of a thousand half-remembered lives. The Department only received things that were lost

For the first time in forty years, the Fetching Room was empty. And for the first time in forty years, Majella Shepard was not lost. She was simply en route.

The next morning, the fishermen found Majella’s skiff The Siren floating upside down near Scariff Island. Inside it, perfectly dry, was a single seashell—the same kind the midwife had placed in her infant hand. And pinned to the seat with a rusty hook was a scrap of oilcloth. On it, in faded pencil, were these words: