Events were moving far too rapidly for Anselme’s liking, and there were too many people who seemed to know too much. From the initial attempted breach to the break-in had been two weeks. The attempt on their lives had been the very next day, and this latest development less than forty-eight hours after that. This morning’s attempted intrusion had occurred just shortly before the usual hours for that facility by someone with access to the building, who also knew that Askatla would not be present in her lab at that time. Whoever was behind all of this was incredibly powerful and disturbingly well-informed.

On Monday, after his talk with Schwartz, he had received a full breakdown of the evidence related to the events of Sunday night, as collected by the private security detail of Legate Kristensen and Legate Schwartz who was apparently on the scene helping direct the operation. The report written in Schwartz’s razer fine cursive, as well as all accompanying timetables, photographs, and comms transcripts, were spread across his desk on the Ninth Circle. In his mind, he filled in the details Prometheus knew but could not be included in the official report.

Pandora’s message to Prometheus had…