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 biggest winner

up, and moved to a

with two cryogenic chambers. One held his son;

wife had passed away a while ago,

lan that his son died at the research facility, along with

had not died there.

a body double; his actual son had died suddenly

argument and never reviving.

had never gotten over it. At that time, he had already been in contact

son's death,

not just his wife, but also his

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

test subjects, identify the reason for

for his wife's revival: Maja. And for his son, it

had tried to discreetly take Maja away and hide

Patric was taken

destroyed and lan hailed as a hero, no one was watching Bernard anymore. He

completing his lifelong obsession.

taking care of Augus Sanders at the Sanders family estate

her at

find Patric. We don't want

you. They've already

throw them under the bus. lan will clash with them, giving us more opportunity, and you

the table, so he needed to stay alive,

understand me. I

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