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

with Bernard, making him the

up,

a hidden door, revealing a room with two cryogenic chambers. One held

in years. His wife had passed away a while ago, followed by his

son died at the research facility, along with several other talents from Windhelm, but the

had not died there.

just a body double; his actual son had died suddenly at

argument and never reviving.

time, he had already been in contact with the

his son's death, his plans

wanted to bring back not just his wife, but

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

the reason for their success,

already found the perfect vessel for his wife's revival: Maja. And for

discreetly take Maja away and hide

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

facility destroyed and lan hailed as a hero, no one was watching

completing his lifelong obsession.

taking care of Augus Sanders at the Sanders family estate

her at

not rush. First, we find Patric.

take the fall for you. They've

clash with them, giving

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

you truly understand me. I

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