Chapter 10 - My Mother’s Final Formula Could Save Luca, but Only If I Trusted the One Man Who Had Been Hiding a Secret From MeThe antidote required a catalyst.
A protein only found in a specific bloodline.
Mine.
My blood could activate the treatment.
But there was a risk.
It could trigger the same dangerous reaction in me.
Vincent refused.
“No.”
I looked at him.
“If it saves Luca—”
“No.”
“We don't have another option.”
“We'll find one.”
I understood his fear.
He had already lost too many people.
He couldn't lose me.
But Luca was dying.
I gave the doctors permission.
The treatment began.
My blood was processed.
The catalyst prepared.
Then administered.
Luca's temperature dropped.
His heart rate stabilized.
His kidneys improved.
The antidote worked.
I collapsed.
When I woke, Vincent was beside me.
Luca was asleep.
Alive.
I smiled.
“Did it work?”
Vincent nodded.
“Yes.”
“Good.”
He touched my hand.
“I thought I lost you.”
“I wasn't that easy.”
He laughed quietly.
Then he told me something.
He had found Adrian's location.
A private island.
A final laboratory.
We had one chance to stop him permanently.
We went.
The laboratory was hidden beneath a luxury resort.
Adrian was waiting.
He didn't fight.
He simply said:
“You finally understand.”
I stared.
“Understand what?”
“The cure doesn't belong to one family.”
“No.”
“It belongs to everyone.”
“Then why did you hurt them?”
“Because progress requires sacrifice.”
I shook my head.
“No.”
He looked at me.
“You've spent your career saving lives.”
“Yes.”
“How many people died anyway?”
I stared.
“That doesn't justify you.”
He smiled sadly.
“You're more like your mother than I thought.”
Then he surrendered.
Not because he was sorry.
Because the network was gone.
There was nothing left for him to control.
He was arrested.
The final laboratory was destroyed.
The research was transferred to legitimate institutions.
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The children were protected.
And Luca survived.
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