The evening air around Evelyn’s estate carried a quiet stillness.
Tall iron gates sealed the long private road that led toward the house, and layers of security cameras blinked silently from the trees surrounding the property. Since the recent threats, the entire estate had been fortified.
But tonight, none of that security made Evelyn feel safer.
She stood in the study, staring down at the medical report Damian had sent earlier that afternoon.
Patient Identifier: S-V-017
The same code appears in the hidden lab records.
Her fingers tightened around the edge of the desk.
Silas had been born prematurely in that hospital. He had been so small then, fragile enough that the nurses barely allowed her to hold him during the first days.
Back then, Evelyn believed the worst thing that had h
