The next day, Maximilian brought Catherine to the lab he had mentioned. She had assumed it would be somewhere in the city, perhaps tucked into a university or hidden behind some unremarkable corporate building.
But this…
The car wound its way down another narrow path along the mountain, one that looked almost abandoned, before stopping in front of what appeared to be nothing more than a reinforced service structure. It was only when the concealed entrance shifted open that Catherine realized just how deceptive the place was.
Inside, it was an entirely different world.
Layers of security. Steel. Depth. The kind of construction that didn't just suggest secrecy, but demanded it.
"A bunker?" she asked, looking around, her voice laced with disbelief and a hint of amusement. "This could probably survive a nuclear attack… and maybe even an alien invasion."
