The first page held a Sakayoma certificate embossed in gold leaf with the details:
NAME: Teresa
BORN: 27th February 2027.
PARENTS: Benedito and Margareta Insento. Prince and Princess of Beira & Edite de Santa Maria. Heir to the house of Braganza, Portugal.
Church looked at Teresa’s birth certificate clipped to the back of the certificate, along with adoption papers for Teresa Insento. He flicked to the next documents, two death certificates. One for Shann Rashid, the other for Sona Rashid, with the date and time of death already inserted.
Church nodded and thought. ‘These forms turned this unscrupulous business into legal adoptions.’ He took out documents and read details about payments made by the Insento’s and new parents of other Sakayoma babies.
Church found other documents, whic
