Nearly a year after the end of the Great War, Diana locates Isabel Maru in a remote town with a haunted past. At first, Diana thinks she has sought out Doctor Poison simply to learn how to prevent others from repeating her crimes. But the more she learns about her old enemy, the more Diana's own assumptions about the world around her are shaken.

He finds it soothing, to watch her work ...

Scattered looks at the life of Dr. Isabel Maru: how she got her scar, glimpses of her life as a child and teenager. Canon divergence after the Battle on the Beach for Diana. Menalippe is in this story as well, though there isn't a character tag for her yet. Diana and Isabel will cross paths again after the War.

Isabel Maru has spent so much of her life fighting and losing that, when the war comes, she is willing to do the unthinkable to finally win. One explanation of how society might have turned an inquisitive young woman into a notorious mass murderer.

As a rule, she prefers not be touched. But she supposes some exceptions can be made…

Mortals shouldn't fall in love with gods, but Isabel has never been good at following the rules.

Isabel Maru finds herself in quite the predicament.