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He had always been ambitious. Anything he wanted, he got. Not that it came easily, he worked hard for every single thing he had. He sacrificed. Nothing was too much. He gave his all and he reaped abundantly.

And now it was almost time for the culmination of all his efforts.

There was a knock on the door.

"Enter."

Ford entered with his head bowed. Not that he cared so much about that. He was more bothered about the news he carried.

"Well? Speak up."

"He took the poison."

He relaxed back on his seat feeling more than a little at ease. Y had been a very good pawn but the main purpose of having a pawn was so that it could be discarded or sacrificed when the going got tough and a difficult decision needed to be made.

"Rita and Gabriel?"

"No confessions from them."

The council would tire of their resistance soon enough and with the overwhelming evidence against them, they would move to execute them.

For now, he would lay low and play the field.

"How are the experiments going? Do we have any