Page 325 of Scars of Fate

“The second key now requires biometric confirmation from both registered custodians.”

“Lucas and Ghost?” Adam asked.

“No.”

Aras smiled.

“Lucas and Wynn Spencer.”

The cabin went silent.

I stared at him.

“That’s impossible.”

“Kane discovered the Geneva account remained active after your divorce. He copied its dual-control structure into Fate and registered the two account holders as custodians.”

“Why?” Lucas demanded.

“To keep Minser from activating Fate alone—and to ensure Kane always had a way to control you.”

Through me.

Kane had made me both a safeguard and a weapon he could hold against Lucas.

“He didn’t care about your marriage license,” Aras continued. “He cared that the account remained in both names and required both of you to access it.”

Lucas Spencer.

Wynn Spencer.

The joint account had connected us inside Fate’s security system.

“What biometric confirmation?” Lucas asked.

“Fingerprint. Voice. Retinal scan.”

Aras looked between us.

“You don’t merely possess the second key. You are its custodians.”

A chill swept through me.

Meridian hadn’t kept me alive only because I could open the bank box.

They needed me to control Fate.

Lucas’s face turned cold.

“You’re lying.”

“Test it.”

“How?” I asked.

“Connect the wafer to a secure terminal.”

Ghost shouted through the radio.