Blood and Betrayal
His eyes were cold, professional, and utterly devoted.
I looked at the blueprints. The Cradle was a masterpiece of structural evil. It was a skyscraper made of reinforced glass and "smart" concrete, anchored into the granite of the Witwatersrand. The genetic archives were in the sub-basement, four levels below the surface.
"There," I pointed to a ventilation shaft that ran parallel to the main elevator. "It’s too small for a man. But the Resonance flows through it like water. If I can get Julian to the main terminal, I can use the building’s own frequency to 'unlock' the archive."