My Godfather's Secret Lover
The screen shattered, sparks flying into the air as the room plunged into semi-darkness, illuminated only by the rhythmic, red emergency lights.
He spun around, grabbing my shoulders with a force that bruised. His eyes were wild, unhinged, searching my face with a desperate, toxic intensity. "He engineered it, Vivian. Vance engineered the genetic markers. We aren't ordinary siblings. We are a closed-loop genetic design. He wanted us to find this. He wanted the taboo to break us."
Before I could answer, a soft, electronic chime echoed from the ruined console.
A secondary, backup screen hummed to life near the floor. It didn't show Vance. It showed a live countdown timer.