Marcus POVCatherine was alive. My wife of forty years, dead twelve years, was alive and hadorganised a genetic warfare against our own family.I sat in Blake's vehicle, unable to process this revelation while Michael's operativessurrounded us, preventing our flight to Prague."This doesn't make sense," I said for the tenth time. "Catherine died in my arms. I was there, I held her while she said.I couldn't finish.” "You held someone who looked like Catherine," Blake corrected gently. "But Marcus,Michael's files are clear. Catherine faked her death using a body double. Margaret administeredthe bioweapon to the double, not to Catherine. Everything we believed about her murderwas done by Catherine herself.""Why? Why would she do this?""According to Michael's notes, Catherine discovered something twelve years ago thatconvinced her the Lothan family was dying out. Our genetic line was becoming weaker, ourchildren less capable, our legacy fading. She decided the only way to prese
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