HIS STOLEN PRIDE
“They didn’t fall. They merged. Matteo once said the council didn’t vanish — it evolved. Changed form. Hid inside institutions, governments, corporations.”
Lucia typed rapidly, isolating segments of code. “Each name links to a bloodline record. Genetic data, registered under research foundations. All connected through a shell company — Lumen BioSystems.”
Alessandro frowned. “Sounds like a biotech firm.”
Lucia nodded. “Officially, it’s a medical research initiative — curing degenerative diseases, cognitive disorders. But look at this.”
She pulled up a secondary file. It showed neural scans, brain mapping overlays — thousands of them. And beneath each file, a single line:
Bab Populer