146 Doppelgänger

"Who is Angela Kaufmann?" Julia asked curiously, looking at the petrified faces of the others.

"She is a dead woman," Haley replied in a low tone.

"Wait, what?"

"Not very long ago, Caesar and Kai went on a mission to save our most important research project—Swallowtail," Maverick explained. "The project was underway in a secret lab headed by Angela on a lake island. When Caesar and Kai reached the location, they found everyone dead. It was a massacre. The scientists, the agents, and Angela herself were butchered. The Puppetmaster had defiled her body and left behind a cryptic warning message for Caesar."

Claire gulped anxiously. She was one of those who personally knew Angela Kaufmann. "Are you sure it was her body?"

Maverick nodded with a stony expression. "Yes. DNA tests confirmed it. We incinerated her corpse shortly after."

"Then how the hell is she still alive?"

"I have no idea!"