Leo had the intel. The mission was over.
“You’re late,” she said. Not angry. Just… hollow.
The GDS Protocol
Leo walked to the control panel disguised as a fuse box. His hand hovered over the red switch. Terminate family unit. One click, and Mira and Zoe would collapse into unfeeling plastic and deleted code.
Then he walked back to the porch, put his arm around Mira, and said, “Yeah, Bug. Uncle Viktor can stay forever.” gds fake family
“Daddy?” she called. “Can Uncle Viktor stay for dinner?”
Leo hesitated. “The ‘wife’—she doesn’t know she’s fake?” Leo had the intel
Viktor gave Leo the key—a string of numbers embedded in a lullaby their “mother” used to sing. Leo transmitted it to Dray.