In the vast harbour city of Aldercliff, survival often depends on how quietly you can disappear.
Rin has spent her entire life among the alleys and rooftops of the dock districts. Abandoned as an infant and raised by the people of the streets, she learned early that trust is rare and mercy even rarer. Thieves, beggars, and scavengers became her family, and the shadows of the port her home.
Now sixteen, Rin is one of the most skilled infiltrators in a small but growing dockside crew. Locks open beneath her hands, guards rarely notice her passing, and few doors remain closed for long.
When her crew uncovers an opportunity inside the estate of a minor noble house, the job appears simple: take a position as a maid, learn the household’s routines, and open the door for a future heist.
But the Valencrest estate is not what Rin expected.
Instead of cruelty and arrogance, she finds a household filled with strange kindness, quiet loyalty, and people who treat her as something more than a tool.
For the first time in her life, Rin faces a dangerous question.
If the people she was sent to betray become the closest thing she has ever had to a real family…
what happens when the truth comes out?
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