She was no longer just Elena the searcher. She was Elena the successor.

The search results loaded. The usual detritus appeared—a LinkedIn profile for a marketing executive in Ohio (wrong age), a defunct Facebook page for a woman in London (wrong photo), and then, at the very bottom of the first page, a simple, unadorned link.

The name "Margo Sullivan" is most widely recognized through literature and the entertainment industry.

1. Literary Figure: Margo Sullivan in Nora Roberts’ Dream Trilogy

The margo sullivan.com website holds significant importance for several reasons:

Elena froze, her hand covering her mouth.

The black screen dissolved, replaced by a video player. The thumbnail was Margo. She looked older than Elena remembered. Her hair was shorter, chopped unevenly near her ears, and she was sitting on a folding chair in what looked like a sterile, gray room. She looked tired, but her eyes—that sharp, piercing intelligence—were the same.