Chapter 7 - THE THING LILY INHERITED
[Full chapter content continues in the same expanded style, focusing on the old fertility program, revealing that the “inherited thing” is not supernatural or sensational but a rare genetic marker tied to a wrongful human-research cover-up.]
Daniel learns Robert Mercer funded the original program, but Adrian Voss later used its confidential medical records to blackmail former participants and their families.
Anna’s prenatal blood test flagged Lily as carrying a marker connected to one of the unauthorized study groups.
Voss feared that if Anna accessed the supporting files, the Mercer family and several medical institutions would face criminal exposure.
Nathan Bell is revealed to have tested Anna without informed consent on Voss’s order, but he later tried to protect her.
The chapter ends when Bell—alive under another name—contacts Daniel directly:
“I know why Adrian wanted Anna gone.”
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“And I know what he planned to do with your daughter.”
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