Epilogue

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“That dumb fuck!” A woman screamed at the top of her lungs. Her voice bounced along the walls of a modern-looking converted cave. She huffed out her frustration as she gazed at an orb that had just exploded on her wall, burning out into a blackened shell.

She tapped her long red-tinted nails against her bubbling cauldron. Her eyes roamed over the wall where several destroyed orbs still hung, noting her minor setback. Since the breach in her lab, most of the orbs exploded while a few remained, dimly glowing as they hovered against the wall. It wouldn’t be long before they would be darkened shells, indicating the end of phase one of her plan.

She should be upset that her spies have greatly depleted overnight; they were nothing more than pawns to her. Her eyes shifted to an open doorway left of the wall, and she crossed the room towards the room. With the snap of her fingers, the darkened room lit up. One by one, several light orbs at a time slowly burning to life. She smiled at the incubating pods that pulsed with life. She ran her hand over the slimy, hard cocoons and her smile widened at the slight movement inside.

She slowly walked into the room, rubbing her hand over each pod that she passed. She stopped in the middle of the room, gazing at the hundreds of pods lining the room; they covered the room from floor to ceiling.

“Soon, my darlings… Soon, they will know what nightmares are truly made of.” She crackled, kissing the pod in front of her.

Soon, heavy footfalls echoed slowly towards her; she looked up and smiled at the shadow outline of a man in the doorway.

“Do they suspect you?” She asked.

“Not a clue.” A familiar voice replied, stepping into the light. “Adapting and infiltrating the packhouse through a kitchen staff was easy.” He continued, walking into the room. “But also a pain, knowing that our target is right there... ripe for the picking.”

“Well, Stacy tried recruiting Jack, but the boy refused to budge, so killing him and transforming you into him was just the trick.” She laughed when he stopped before her. She placed her finger on his forehead, and his features morphed and changed from the pimply young adult to a handsome giant of a man. “Hold your position. Phase two of my plan is about to begin.”

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To be continued.
See you in Book 2 (coming in 2022)

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