"Exactly. And second...." Marco pulled up more data. "Our contacts in underground medical communities reported that The Covenant has been acquiring equipment. Large-scale fermentation tanks. Biohazard containment units. Gene sequencing machines. The kind of infrastructure you'd need to manufacture biological weapons on an industrial scale."
"They're expanding production."
"Which brings me to the third piece of intel." Marco's expression turned grim. "And this one comes from an inside source I've been cultivating for months. Someone close to The Covenant's operations in the Northeast."
"How close?"
"Close enough to know they're planning a field test. They've developed a new viral strain, more transmissible than their previous variants, designed to incubate silently for two weeks before symptoms appear. By the time people get sick, they won't know where they were infected."
Dimitri stood, paced to the window.
"They're going to release it intentionally. On a test population."
