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“You should have never come here!”
Dorian knew the voice, but he could hardly believe it He turned slowly
Kate stood before him She wore a suit that was similar to his, but different His was a unifor in a sterile research facility
Kate’s eyes grehen she saw the tubes “You have no right to take them—”
“I’ them”
“Don’t lie to me”
“You put theenome You underestimate our enemy’s hatred They will hunt every last one of us”
“Which is why you should never have come—”
“You are the last of my people And so are they”
“I only treated one subspecies,” Kate said
“Yes I realized that when I took the samples That species will never be safe now You need my help”
CHAPTER 73
Somewhere near Isla de Alborán
Mediterranean Sea
Kate went to the sink and washed her face, as if doing so could clear away the cobwebs in her mind and help her remember She felt like the answers, the whole truth—all of it—was there in the recesses of her mind, just out of reach
When she returned, David aiting for her in the stateroom, his body armor on, that “ready for war” expression on his face that she knew by instinct now
“How do you know there are two Atlantean factions?”
“I just know it And the ships Martin had it right They’re froroups”
“There are miles of tubes in Antarctica What do they hold? More scientists? Soldiers? An army?”
Kate closed her eyes and rubbed her eyelids It was all a jumble, yet the ansere there “I… can’t remember I don’t think they’re explorers”
“Soldiers, then”
“No Maybe Just give ”
David sat on the bed and put his arm around her They sat in silence for a few minutes Finally he said, “We’ll uess about the killer”
Kate nodded
“My suspects are Shaw and Chang, in that order,” he said
“Let’s work backwards here,” Kate said “Let’s start with motive Who would want to kill Martin—ould any of them want to kill him?”
“Martin was close to a cure—we know that from his notes”
“So anyone anted to prevent hi a cure—they should be our chief suspect,” Kate said “It’s clear toand Janus want to find a cure That rules the a cure is priority number one for the Immari There’s only one person on this boat as a loyal Ian Kamau”