Mother barely escaped with her life.
Father died several months later.
Unlocking the laboratory door, I locate the time chamber. Punch in the keypad code.
Heart racing, I set the dials to the date I’ve memorised—the night of Father’s first abduction.
Suddenly, I’m in a basement corridor reverberating with screams.
I peer ’round a doorway. See the woman handcuffed to a metal table, a man standing over her, hacksaw in hand.
“Stop!”
Father stares at me.
This is the moment I’ve worked towards my entire life. “Teach me everything, Father. I want to learn from the best.”
Father grins.
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