Chapter 26 The Ones Who Remain

It was spring in Velbridge when Mira Ellison's name was spoken aloud again in the Hall.

Not read. Not whispered from the edge of a page.

Spoken by a girl with short curls and a voice that trembled slightly as she stood before a crowd of classmates in the vaulted chamber.

The class was part of a new public initiative the Living Histories Program.