The Fractured Inheritance

creaked open, revealing a large room with a single figure seated

ned him and his family and had been the root of his pain and suffering was sitting right in front

ded, his voice trembling with emotion. "

his eyes. "Nicholai, I had to. I had to disappear to keep you

lai asked, his tone now

ied. "They were dangerous, Nicholai. They would

ightly, replaced with confus

ists. They had a plan to create powerful monsters, c

as he absorbed his father's words. "Monst

ll the details, Nicholai. But they were experimenting on humans, t

, there are things that you don't understand. Things that I couldn't

. "What things? What

ere conducting. They were dangerous, and they went too far. We created monsters, a

"Monsters? What do you mean? How

develop a new type of soldier, one that could fight in any environment and withstand any condition.

ather was saying. "So that's why you disappeared? Yo

bout what we had done, it would be catastrophic. I ha

everything. "But why didn't you tell us? Why

that I was still alive, they could use you and your mother as

speaking again. "Dad, I don't know what to s

you to understand that I did what I did to protect you and

. Nicholai could feel his own anger and pain welling up inside him as he

king with emotion. "Mom and Alex ar

deep sigh. "I'm so sorry, Nicholai

ded, his anger flaring up. "You left us!

g. "It wasn't safe for any of us. I had t

From you? From your experiments? You're a m

mistakes," he said. "But I was trying to do something good. Somethin

voice softening slightly. "You could have at least let

ai, believe me when I say that I did what I did out of

alya watched with a mix of emotions. She could see the pain and confusio

stopped thinking about

still looked hurt and angry. "You could have found a way to keep us sa

, I was involved in something dangerous, something that could have put all

retted his past actions and was trying to make amends. She spoke up, "Nicholai, your fath

d said, "I don't know if I can ever fully forgive you, Dad. But I'm will

what we were trying to do was to create an antidote to a terrible disease that was spreading across the world. We thought we ha

ulously. "But why did you call for m

s in our veins, and it's that blood that we need to make the antidote work. Unfortunately, when we ran the experiment years ago, we used my blood. But we made

session attack years back. So, you just used me for my blood? You didn't

ll I wanted was to save people's lives, to make amends for what went wrong in the past. I

d him. "I don't know what to think, Dad. I feel used, but at the same time, I wan

ut we can make this right. We can help people and prevent this terrible disease from spreading a

He had always known that his family had a mysterious background, but

tential global catastrophe. But on the other hand, he couldn't ignore the fact that his

ing his head. "I mean, I want to help, but I can't

ou have to understand that what we're trying to do is bigger than just us. It's a

point. This wasn't just about them; it was about the future of t

"But on one condition. You have to answer all my questions, and

ent in his voice. "I'll tell you everythi

hat he had made the right decision. He had to put his p

lt something wasn't still