“Lovey will remain her name for now,” he said to Kolb. “The president knows her by that name. Pendleton and his friends recognize her as Laverna Smythe Pendleton. She may be the first agent to spend a career with one name.”
“Yes, that may have to be a permanent change in our plans,” Kolb said, twirling a strand of hair around with her finger. “I’m sorry I had to go over your head about the implant.”
“Forgiven.” He swallowed his dislike. He had to work with the woman.
“I’ve reset Peacock’s controls to normal mode. Her training’s complete. Have Carna keep her busy today learning Sherman’s command communications. I’ll finish Polaris and his team’s training on how to adjust Peacock’s emotional responses. He still needs work on how to dull memories, how to increase her attack and defense mode, and how to increase or decrease her libido.”
“She’ll have no idea we are fiddling with her brain?”
“She’ll know, but she won’t care. That’s why our new device is so insidiously brilliant. Everything she does will seem normal to her at the time. Her conscious thoughts will trigger her reactions. Her subconscious is in the hands of her controllers.”
Kolb furrowed her brows. “She’s the ultimate weapon without need of robotics.”
“So what if I want her to cuddle her son?” Ursa asked.
“She will, and she’ll enjoy it.”
“What if I want her to kill her son?”
“She will without hesitation.”
“You don’t really believe she’d kill her son.”
Kolb sighed. “Not yet, but I’m working on that.”
“What about when we again put her back into normal mode?”
“Every action she’s taken will feel justified to her.”
Business was business. His attempts to alter Peacock’s fate had failed. So Ursa opened a bottle of wine. “Let’s have a toast to the ultimate human female weapon.”
“Don’t be sexist. She is the ultimate human weapon. Period.”
He gathered Peacock’s support team around him. Twelve people in all were there, absent Peacock.
“To Peacock, alias Laverna,” Ursa said and raised his glass. “Cheers.”
The End
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter 1 Day 1
Chapter 2 Day 366
Chapter 3 Day 404
Chapter 4
Chapter 5 Day 475
Chapter 6
Chapter 7 Day 480
Chapter 8 Day 481
Chapter 9
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16 Day 550
chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19 Day 582
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27 Day 651
Chapter 28 Day 660
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31 Day 671
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36 Day 882
Chapter 37 Day 911