Chapter 349

[Clark]

My sleep was plagued with dreams, each scenario worse than the one before. In one dream, I saw what would happen if we didn't try to stop Magnus and just walked away.

And it chilled me to the core.

I was standing in a field of bodies, burning piles of flesh after a virus ripped through the world. The worst pandemic in human history, even worse than the bubonic plague. The bodies left behind were not only highly contagious but twisted and warped. It was a new kind of bioweapon, one that targeted the DNA, not just the immune system.

And when it found what it wanted, it created monsters. Any doubts I had about stopping Magnus disappeared. What would be the point of finding a cure for my family if everyone else died?

When I woke in the middle of the night covered in sweat, I got right to work gathering what we'd need to make this operation a success. I had my drones tuned and shipped overexpress and contacted our security detail, the ones that had not been sent to guard Cordy,