His Unwanted Wife Returned as a Boss
Her face wasn't soft; it was clinical.
"It’s a loop, Daddy," she said.
"What do you mean, peanut?"
"The video of the lady with the pear. Look at her eyes."
Julian knelt beside the Mayor and peered at the screen. The woman was beautiful, the resolution perfect. But as she bit into the fruit, her pupils didn't dilate. Her blink rate was a perfect, rhythmic 4.0 seconds.
"It’s a deep-fake," Julian whispered, a cold realization washing over him. "The 'Wellness Zones' aren't sanctuaries. They’re rendering farms. They’re using the people they captured to generate the content to lure the ones they haven't."