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

up, and moved to

revealing a room with two cryogenic

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

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.

had sent to the facility was just a body double; his actual son had died

argument and never reviving.

had already been in contact with the facility, initially

his son's death, his

to bring back not just his wife,

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

the reason for

perfect vessel for his wife's revival:

tried to discreetly take Maja away and hide her, but it

taken away, he'd been watched too

hero, no one

completing his lifelong obsession.

been taking care of Augus Sanders at the Sanders family estate

snatch her at

we find Patric. We don't want to spook

Philip and Phil exist to take the fall for you. They've

with them, giving us more opportunity, and you won't

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

understand me. I

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