Chapter 41

There were other ways to dose a recipient with the nanites, but the

alternate methods took much longer to take effect. She didn’t have any time

to spare with this experiment. By morning, she’d know if the residents of

Valta would be as useful as she hoped. While the nanites should be able to

transform anyone, any opportunity to maximize those returns would be well

worth taking.

There was nothing more to do with the man until then, so she headed

back toward the observation room.

After five steps, her comm lit up with an automated security alert:

someone had accessed restricted files. She had no doubt who it might be.

— — —

“Is it finished yet?”

“No, Kira. For the fourth time, the analysis is not complete. I’ll let you

know as soon as it is,” Leon groaned.

Kira scooched back under Leon’s desk with a huff. How freakin’ long

does it take to analyze a bunch of nanoscopic technology that no one has ever