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

stood up, and moved to a

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

His wife had passed

the research facility, along with several other talents from Windhelm, but the truth was his

had not died there.

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

argument and never reviving.

that time, he had already been in contact with

after his son's death, his plans

to bring back not just his wife, but also

as had his son's. Now that he

successful test subjects, identify the reason for their success, and begin his

wife's revival: Maja. And for

tried to discreetly take Maja away and hide her, but

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

hero, no one was watching

completing his lifelong obsession.

care of Augus Sanders at the

her at

rush. First, we find Patric. We

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

throw them under the bus. lan will clash with them, giving

so he needed to stay alive, letting lan believe the

me. I don't regret

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