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

him the biggest winner of

adjusted his glasses, stood up, and moved to a discreet

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

wife had passed away a while ago, followed by

the research facility, along with

had not died there.

a body double; his actual son had died suddenly at home, collapsing during

argument and never reviving.

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

death,

just his wife, but also his

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

the reason

had already found the perfect vessel for his wife's revival: Maja. And for his son, it

Maja away

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

lan hailed as a hero, no one was watching Bernard

completing his lifelong obsession.

has been taking care of Augus Sanders at the Sanders family estate and recently cto

her

not rush. First, we find Patric. We don't

take the fall for you. They've already had a public spat with

the bus. lan will clash with them, giving us more opportunity, and you won't be

to the table, so he needed to stay alive, letting lan believe the real villain was still

me. I don't regret mentoring

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