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    There are three rules to surviving life in the Corps.

    The first is simple: once you’re in, you’re in.

    The second: no patterns. Patterns signal comfort and comfort may as well be a target on your back, begging for someone to come and take their shot (or several).

    And the third rule? Don’t get attached. Keep your circle small so there’s less collateral to be used against you — against the organization that owns you.

    For the longest time, Sanemi Shinazugawa found Rule Three to be the easiest one to follow. He has his brother and no one else. His parents are dead; he has no friends beyond those in the Corps with him, and he knows better than to get overly invested in any of them. His inner circle is as tight as it can get.

    But then he chooses your bookstore to hide in, and that's when everything falls apart.

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