"The quantum resonance readings are off the charts," Luna's hands danced across her holoscreen as the tech summit's main hall buzzed with activity."Boring the attendees already?" A smooth voice cut through the quantum static.Luna looked up to find dark eyes studying her. The man's quantum signature was unlike anything she'd seen."James Chen," he extended his hand. "Though you probably knew that from the guest list.""Luna Zhang. And I make it a point not to study guest lists.""Just quantum signatures?" His smile was calculated. "Like the unstable one coming from the board room right now?"Luna's screens flashed:QUANTUM DISTURBANCE DETECTEDLOCATION: EXECUTIVE SUITESOURCE: ELEANOR DRAKESTATUS: UNSTABLE"Excuse me," Luna gathered her tablets."Let me help," James fell into step beside her. "Quantum genetics is something of a specialty.""Along with corporate takeovers?" Luna quickened her pace."You've done your homework after all.""Some reputations precede themselves."The elev

"Replay that surveillance feed," Alex commanded, watching James and Luna in the quantum lab for the third time."Their quantum signatures are increasingly synchronized," his AI assistant noted. "Thirty-seven percent more than yesterday.""Show me their conversation pattern."The holographic display pulsed:QUANTUM RESONANCE ANALYSIS:JAMES CHEN + LUNA ZHANGEMOTIONAL SYNCHRONICITY: RISINGCOMPATIBILITY: EXPANDING"He's doing this on purpose," Alex muttered.The lab's security feed crackled:"Your quantum intuition is remarkable," James leaned closer to Luna. "You see patterns others miss.""Like the pattern of you showing up every time I'm alone?" Luna challenged."Coincidence," James smiled. "Or destiny.""I don't believe in destiny.""No? Then what do you believe in?"Before Luna could answer, the medical bay alarms blared."Eleanor," Alex switched feeds immediately.The medical bay was chaos. Eleanor's form flickered violently as Dr. Montgomery worked the controls."The baby's quan

"Her quantum signature is dropping below sustainable levels," Luna's voice cracked as she worked the controls."Stay with me, Eleanor," Alex gripped his wife's flickering hand. "Please.""The baby," Eleanor's form wavered. "It's getting stronger."Luna's screens flashed urgent warnings:MATERNAL QUANTUM INTEGRITY: 15%FETAL SIGNATURE: EXPANDINGCONFLICT: CRITICALTIME REMAINING: 2 HOURS"Alex," Luna called from the quantum interface. "I need you at the secondary controls. The baby's signature is overwhelming the stabilizers.""I can't leave her," Alex's voice broke."If you don't help me, you'll lose them both."James Chen materialized beside Luna. "Or you could accept my help.""We don't need you," Alex snapped."Don't you?" James projected new data:QUANTUM GENETICS ANALYSIS:PROJECT GENESIS EVOLUTIONSTAGE 3 ACTIVATIONWARNING: ACCELERATING"What is this?" Luna studied the readings."The truth," James moved closer. "About why Eleanor's pregnancy is different. Why the baby is strong

"Fifty-one percent," Isabella announced to the board. "Controlling interest, effective immediately.""These shares were meant for Eleanor," Victoria's hologram flickered with anger."My husband had other plans," Isabella projected the ownership documents. "Plans that didn't include his second wife."The boardroom's quantum displays flashed:DRAKE INDUSTRIES OWNERSHIP:ISABELLA DRAKE: 51%ELEANOR DRAKE: 27%OTHER SHAREHOLDERS: 22%"This is corporate theft," Alex stood."This is inheritance," Isabella corrected. "Speaking of inheritance..."The medical bay feed activated, showing Eleanor's glowing form:"The baby's quantum signature is evolving," Dr. Montgomery reported. "It's unlike anything in our database.""Show me," James Chen appeared beside Luna at the controls.Luna's hands danced across the interface. "The pattern is beautiful.""Like its analyst," James murmured.Alex's quantum comm crackled with their conversation, his jaw tightening."Focus on the readings," Luna said, but d

Lucas Kane in his new reborn life tiptoed slowly up the stairs, grateful that there was no one around as he returned home from work. He'd deliberately waited until after dinner before he came into the house. Just so he could avoid meeting his in-laws who never hesitated to rain thinly veiled insults on him. They possessed a twenty-four-hour clock of utter disgust for him.He didn't want to deal with that today. Today was a very special day. Today was his and his wife's third anniversary and he didn't want anything to ruin his mood.He'd managed to borrow some money to buy his wife something very nice. It was a gown from a designer she loved. He'd been saving money for it since their last anniversary – before the designer released the collection. And now he'd borrowed some money to complete it. It was the most expensive thing he'd ever gotten her before and he was proud that he could give her something like that.He couldn't help but be bubbly as he imagined the look on her face when s