Chapter 1300

Tracey nodded, then asked,

"If our country was in danger, would you take your money and run overseas, or...?"

"I'd stay and stand with my country and my family."

Tarquin cut her off, answering without hesitation, his face serious.

Tracey looked at him, clearly pleased, her tone softening.

"The person you're asking about-I can't help you there. I honestly don't know who they are."

Tarquin frowned. "What?"

Tracey explained,

"I think you want to know who's really pulling the strings behind the virus. I've only ever heard rumors about their research team."

"The one truly responsible for your parents' deaths—that's gotta be the mastermind, the one calling the shots behind the scenes."

She leaned back, sighing.

"Scientists abroad, most of them are just highly-skilled employees. Their research directions, even what happens to their results—all of that is decided by the big shots funding them, not the scientists themselves."

"But if you want, I can dig up every detail I know about the research team later and send it to you."

something more

and headed for the lab, Tarquin hurrying

the safe

sealed folders and eight small vials, each labeled

them out and lined them up

this virus for a long time.

why I was so

to the first

version-the generation one virus. It was

gestured down the

two, three, four... The one you brought is

the versions before

one, three worse than two, and so on. But the eighth

somewhere between four and

words, it's more dangerous than the fourth, but weaker than

three or five years, another one popped up. But between the seventh and eighth versions,

She looked at Tarquin.

all that time, the eighth version should've been

Do you

stared at the

have something to do with

Tracey nodded.

hunch is right, the problem started with your mom and

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