Lethal Protocol: The Ex-Husband's Billion-Dollar Mistake
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Locked inside my own lab's radiation chamber, I listened as my husband sold my life's work to foreign spies. He and my protégé left me to burn, planning to frame my death as a tragic accident. But they forgot I designed the lab's explosive failsafes. I survived the fire. Now, framed as a terrorist and disowned by my family, I'm partnering with a ruthless federal agent to expose their lies. They wanted my billion-dollar prototype? Instead, I'll give them absolute hell.
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Chapter 1
The klaxon blared, a piercing, mechanical shriek that rattled the reinforced polycarbonate glass of the Genesis Matrix clean-room. Red strobe lights washed over the pristine stainless steel counters, bathing the sterile laboratory in the universal color of a catastrophic emergency. Nora Sterling dropped her tablet, the schematics of her life’s work clattering against the floor, and rushed to the heavy titanium vault door. She slammed her palm against the biometric scanner. *ACCESS DENIED. LOCKDOWN INITIATED.*"What?" Nora muttered, her breath fogging the glass as she peered out into the darkened antechamber. "No, no, no. Override."She slammed her hand against the scanner again. *ACCESS DENIED. STERILIZATION CYCLE COMMENCING IN T-MINUS FOUR MINUTES.*Panic, cold and sharp, pierced her chest. The sterilization cycle wasn't a simple chemical wash. It was a failsafe designed to incinerate Level 4 bio-hazards. It pumped the room full of highly volatile sanitizing gas and raised the ambient temperature to six hundred degrees Fahrenheit. It was designed to leave nothing behind but ash.Nora slammed her fists against the glass. "Gavin! Gavin, are you out there? The system malfunctioned! The door locked!"A crackle of static echoed from the overhead intercom. Then, a voice—smooth, charismatic, and chillingly calm—filled the sealed room. "It’s not a malfunction, Nora."Nora froze. The voice belonged to Gavin Pierce, CEO of Pierce BioTech. Her boss. Her partner. Her husband of three years. "Gavin?" Nora’s voice trembled, though her brilliant, calculating mind was already racing to process the impossibility of his tone. "What are you talking about? Open the door. The sterilization heaters are already spooling up. I can feel the vents opening.""I know," Gavin replied over the speakers, his sigh heavily exaggerated. "That’s the point, darling. It’s a tragic laboratory accident. The brilliant but overworked Dr. Nora Sterling, Creator of the Genesis Matrix, tragically perishes in a localized fire caused by her own negligence. It’s poetic, really. The board will eat it up. The stock prices will soar on the sympathy alone."Nora backed away from the door, her heart hammering against her ribs. The air in the room was already growing warm, the subtle hum of the industrial incinerator coils vibrating through the soles of her shoes. "Have you lost your mind?" Nora demanded, her shock rapidly hardening into a fierce, resilient anger. "You’re killing me? Over what? The patent? We share the patent, Gavin! You already own half of everything I create!""Half isn't enough," a new voice chimed in. It was a woman’s voice. High-pitched, smug, and dripping with an inferiority complex Nora knew all too well.
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