under his control
“I’m everything you tried to erase.”
I could hear footsteps now Liam’s, closer and closer. His voice echoed down the corridor, calling my name. I felt tears burn my eyes, not from pain but from something deeper: relief, fear, love. I wanted to reach him, but I couldn’t leave. Not yet.
The codes on the screens shifted again, forming words I knew instinctively: Activate Sequence 01 – Genesis Reset.
The virus inside me was both curse and salvation. My father had created it to wipe out every trace of Victoria’s genetic empire but it needed a trigger. A living source. Me.