"We have arrested the complicit Council members," the Secretary-General says quickly. "We have dismantled the EMC. We are prepared to offer full sovereign immunity to the Pack." "Sovereign immunity isn't enough," I reply, my eyes locking onto his. "The Architects are gone, but their technology remains. The programmable matter is out there. The augmented humans are out there. The world is no longer just human. It’s a biological battlefield." I tap the table, bringing up a new holographic projection. It shows the Blackthorn Academy, the integration school, and the newly established biological research labs. "The Blackthorn Pack is establishing the Global Biological Defense Command," I declare, my voice ringing with absolute authority. "We will monitor all extraterrestrial and programmable

