Philip stood there, a mix of silence and a growing sense of excitement bubbling within him.

The car pulled up at the farthest building on the street, and had it not been for what Philip was witnessing with his own two eyes,

he would never have doubted Bernard.

Bernard was a friend of Holden, and back in the day, lan had taken a shine to him in the military, giving him a leg up. Could it be

his true colors were darker than they'd seemed?

Philip chuckled and pushed open the door before him, stepping inside.

The room was empty, and through another door, a man who bore a striking resemblance to lan knocked lightly.

"Sir, he's here."

A voice from within responded, "No need to see me. If he's of value, keep him."

The implication was clear: If he wasn't of value, let him die.

The man opened the door and entered to find Bernard hunched over a stack of documents.

These were sensitive files smuggled out of a research facility. Although the facility's top brass could get their hands on the drugs

produced inside, there was a mutual distrust, and no one was allowed to just take these secret documents. Otherwise, it would

lead to one faction overpowering the others.

A balance of power was necessary for the survival of the research facility, and now that it had collapsed, all the documents had

Bernard, making him the biggest winner

adjusted his glasses, stood up, and moved to a

revealing a room with two cryogenic chambers. One held his son;

His wife had

had told lan that his son died at the research facility, along with several other talents from Windhelm, but the truth was his

had not died there.

person he had sent to the facility was just a body double; his actual son had died suddenly at home,

argument and never reviving.

it. At that time, he had already been in contact with the facility, initially hoping

his son's death, his plans grew

back not just his

his son's. Now that he had the documents, all that was left

the successful test subjects, identify the reason for their success,

the perfect vessel for his wife's revival: Maja. And for his son, it would be

Maja away

he had vouched for lan when Patric was taken away, he'd been watched too closely to make any

research facility destroyed and lan hailed as a hero, no one was watching Bernard anymore. He could finally focus

completing his lifelong obsession.

Augus Sanders at the Sanders family estate and

her at

First, we find Patric. We don't want to spook anyone

Also, Philip and Phil exist to take the fall for you. They've already had a public spat with lan. As soon as we

will clash with them, giving us more

Philip brought to the table, so he needed to stay alive, letting lan believe the

truly understand me. I don't regret

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