My Model (BL)
“We just assumed.”
In the back room, behind shelves of dust-covered reports, Yuri found the folder.
Project: Fireborn
Inside: a photograph. A woman — beautiful, severe, with Naelle’s unmistakable eyes.
Yuri’s breath caught.
“Subject Zero,” the file read. “Biogenic prototype. Origin: Council Core. Status: Rogue.”
Koji whispered, “She didn’t just escape. She created the project.”
“She didn’t leave the Council,” Yuri said hollowly. “She was the Council.”