Elsewhere.
At the crime scene, a blood sample was collected from the girl in the surveillance footage—the one who bore a striking resemblance to Aurora Sinclair.
A DNA comparison confirmed that she was indeed related to Aurora Sinclair, but the results of the test took everyone by surprise.
"You… say that again. What… what is their relationship?" Beta Morgan was so stunned his jaw nearly hit the floor.
The forensics technician glanced at the high-ranking officials in the room and swallowed nervously. His voice dropped as he looked down at the report in his hand, as if to double-check that his eyes weren't deceiving him.
"The test confirms a direct familial relationship between the murderer and Aurora Sinclair. The genetic sequence comparison suggests… a mother-daughter relationship."
Beta Morgan gasped, and the pen he was holding dropped right onto the table.
The soft CLATTER seemed to break the spell of silence in the room.
