#I bet Theo in the warp is so proud of her heir: fucked Lord Inquisitor? checked. did atrocities? check

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nothing cuts like a mother

on the Epitaph, listening to the dying Inquisition Acolyte, Isabella von Valancius tries hard and still fails to fit in her mind the image of Theodora, ruthlessly exposing a deck after a deck to the Great Void just to keep her secret safe

years later, on board of her flagship, finally making its way back to the Expanse space after five years of being 'missing', Isabella kisses her sleeping daughter on the forehead, before giving her officers the same order

the von Valancius dynasty has many secrets, but few of them were paid off by the bigger blood than the safety of its secret children