Maya POV

They take me back to my cell after I agree to Konstantin's deal. Two guards escort me through the underground corridors. Neither speaks. Neither looks at me directly. They've seen what I can become. They're terrified.

The cell door locks behind me with a heavy click. I'm alone again. Just me and the weight of what I've agreed to do. I sit on the edge of the bed, head in my hands. Twenty hybrids. Twenty creatures made from my DNA. I'm about to help bring them to life. Help create an ...