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Chapter Fifty: Verification
The bookstore felt different when Michael opened it the next morning. Every shadow held potential threats. Every customer could be under surveillance. Every sound made him reach instinctively for his weapon.Sarah noticed. “You’re on edge.”“Meeting strangers who claim they can protect our daughter. Of course, I’m on edge.”Emma was at school. Normal Tuesday. Normal schedule. Except that three of Dr. Foster’s operatives were supposedly watching her already. Michael had spotted none of them during drop-off. Either they were excellent at concealment or they didn’t exist.He would know soon enough.At eleven-thirty, Sarah flipped the sign to “Closed for Private Event.” They moved chairs into a semicircle. Created a meeting space that felt less like an ambush. Michael positioned himself where he could see both entrances. Old habits from his previous life.Noon arrived. Nothing happened.Twelve-oh-five. Still nothing.“Maybe they’re not coming,” Sarah said.Then the door opened. Dr Foster
Chapter Forty-Nine: The Meeting
Michael went alone. Left before dawn while Sarah and Emma slept. Left a note saying he had an early supplier meeting. Another lie to protect them. Another secret to carry.The warehouse district was exactly what he expected. Empty buildings. Broken windows. The kind of place where bad things happened and nobody noticed.He found the address. An old factory. Abandoned for years. The door was unlocked. An invitation. Or a trap.Michael entered carefully. Hand near his concealed weapon. Eyes scanning for threats. Every instinct screams danger.Inside, the factory was dark. Empty machinery cast strange shadows. Water dripped somewhere. The air smelled like rust and decay.“Hello, Michael.” A voice from the darkness. Female. Calm. Familiar somehow.A woman stepped into view. Late twenties. Athletic build. Dark hair pulled back. She wore tactical clothing. Moved like someone trained for violence.“Who are you?” Michael demanded.“My name is Dr Rachel Foster. I work for an organisation that
Chapter Forty-Eight: The First Sign
Two years passed. Emma turned ten. Life continued its peaceful rhythm. The bookstore thrived. Sarah opened a second location. Michael coached Emma’s soccer team. Normal family life. Beautiful in its simplicity.Then the first sign appeared.It was during a soccer game. Regional tournament. Emma’s team was losing two to one. Five minutes left. Emma had the ball near midfield.Michael watched from the sideline. Saw her accelerate. Saw her move past defenders. Faster than she should be. Faster than any ten-year-old should be.She took the shot from thirty yards out. The ball flew. Perfect arc. Perfect speed. Hit the top corner of the goal. Impossible shot for a child her age.The crowd cheered. Her teammates celebrated. The referee allowed the goal. Nobody questioned it.Except Michael. He saw what others missed. The speed was wrong. The power was wrong. The precision was inhuman.The enhancements were activated. Just like Dr Chen warned. Just like Marcus planned.After the game, Emma wa
Chapter Forty-Six: Vancouver
Michael arrived in Vancouver alone. He told Sarah he was meeting a book distributor. Told Emma he would be home in two days. Told Maya to watch over them both while he was gone.The lies felt necessary. Protective. He was hunting someone dangerous. Someone who had fooled him once already. He would not risk his family being anywhere near this confrontation.Dr Sarah Winters lived in a quiet neighbourhood near the university. Expensive homes. Well-maintained yards. The kind of place where professors and doctors retired comfortably.Michael watched her house from a rental car parked two blocks away. Studying patterns. Looking for security. Planning his approach.On the second day, he saw her. A woman in her late forties. Grey hair pulled back. Casual clothes. She walked to her mailbox. Collected letters. Went back inside.She looked ordinary. Harmless. Like any other retired professional enjoying a quiet life.But Michael knew better. Knew that monsters often wore normal faces. That dang
Chapter Forty-Five: The Hunter
Michael started at the beginning. At the clinic where the impostor performed the procedure. Someone owned that building. Someone is permitted to use it. Someone knew something.He drove there at dawn. The clinic still sat empty. Abandoned. No signs of recent activity.But Maya had taught him how to look deeper. How to find traces others missed. He examined the power meter. It had been active three weeks ago. The day of Emma’s procedure. Then went dormant again.Someone had turned the power on. Used the building. Turned it off. Covered their tracks.Michael checked the property records on his phone. The clinic was owned by a shell company. Pacific Medical Holdings LLC. Registered in Delaware. No public owners listed.But shell companies had to file paperwork. Had to have registered agents. Had to leave trails.He called a contact from his old life. Someone who owed him a favour. A corporate investigator named David Park.“Lex Andrews. I thought you were dead.”“I am. This is Michael Th
Chapter Forty-Four: The First Warning
Three weeks passed. Normal, peaceful weeks. Emma started a new art class. Sarah expanded the bookstore with a children’s section. Michael finally stopped checking locks obsessively.Life was good. Simple. Safe.Then the first letter arrived.Plain envelope. No return address. Michael’s name is written in typewritten letters. Not handwritten. Not personal. Clinical.He opened it at the kitchen table while Sarah made coffee. Inside was a single printed page.“Dear Michael,You made a mistake trusting Dr Chen. She is not who she claimed to be. The files you gave her are being used right now. Five people have already paid her for silence. Three more are being extorted. She is building wealth on Marcus’s legacy.You gave her the weapon. You armed the enemy. You have put your family at risk.This is your only warning. Stop her before she exposes you. Before she reveals that you had those files. Before she makes you a target for everyone Marcus ever blackmailed.Because that is her plan. Tak
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