Dr. Kim was helping evacuate the other families from the vehicles, but Sophie remained focused on her tablet, monitoring the Berlin facility's status. "They've stopped the security sweep," she reported. "Too many people watching now. They can't risk moving against Rebecca overtly." "So she's safe?" Aria asked. "She's safer. Not safe." Agent Chen's voice came through again. "Sophie, what you just did was brilliant and reckless. You've exposed an ongoing intelligence operation." "I've protected an intelligence asset by making her too valuable to eliminate." "You've also given every enhancement program in the world warning that we're coordinating global exposures." "Good. Let them panic. Panicked people make mistakes." Marcus was reading something on Sophie's tablet over her shoulder,

