Marcus began pacing, his analytical mind engaging.
"They need Sophie specifically. Her cognitive abilities, her pattern recognition. They want to use her to locate the families they can't find on their own."
"Which means our education network is working," Victoria said. "Families are hidden well enough that even enhanced hunters can't find them easily."
Sophie's eyes lit up with strategic calculation.
"Then we use that. We feed them false information. Make them think I'm cooperating while actually leading them away from real families."
"Sophie, that's incredibly dangerous," Aria said.
"More dangerous than doing nothing while the clock runs out?"
"More dangerous than trying to outmaneuver someone who's already proven they can infiltrate our systems."
But Sophie was already planning,
