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Chapter Thirty-one: The Clone’s Awakening

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The chopper ride back to Lagos was a blur of wind and whispers, the island receding like a bad dream. Amara leaned against Ezekiel, her body aching from bruises and her mind from revelations. The failsafe was stopped, Adebayo in cuffs, Ngozi’s body left for the authorities. But the alert on Ezekiel’s tablet—Secondary Failsafe Activated: 24 Hours Until Cascade—mocked their victory. And the message: You stopped nothing. The real legacy begins. - N

“Ngozi,” Amara muttered, her voice lost in the rotor noise. “She’s dead. I saw her die.”

Ifeanyi, bandaged leg propped up, shook his head. “If she’s a clone, there could be more. Adebayo was playing God—DNA labs, hidden facilities. Nkechi’s essence, replicated.”

Chioma, pale from her wound but alert, nodded. “The files mentioned a network of labs. One in Lagos, under the old KaluTech headquarters. If there’s a backup clone, that’s where she’d be.”

Ezekiel’s grip tightened on the controls. “We end this. Tonight.”

They landed at a private helipa
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