There’s one more government program, far more open to violent offenders, strictly limited to people under twenty-five. That includes me.
It’s called the Beta Activation, put together by Blue Lowen, a world-famous scientist and CEO of Malden Pharmaceuticals.
From what my lawyer explains, BA is a government-backed program for betas who are willing to try to wake up their… fertility!
They run it in special facilities where betas get paired with alphas who’ve already been screened and cleared as pheromonally compatible. Participants are then exposed to carefully controlled stimuli and hormone doses, basically all that scientific stuff that’s supposed to push a beta toward bonding and, if things go their way, trigger their reproductive system.
The downside is that there are only a few places are even allowed to take offenders.
While we’re talking it through, my attorney shows me articles on his phone, along with photos of the facilities.
That’s when it really sinks in.
These places are nothing like prisons!
After all, the alphas paired with convicted betas are free citizens, and none of them would agree to be locked up in some maximum-security nightmare just to take part in the program.
It’s not as good as Second Chance, but if that one falls apart, this could still work as a backup. Not perfect, but better than rotting in a cage.
After thinking it over for a bit, I tell my attorney to reach out to both programs and put my name on their list.
Fully expecting this to take forever, I head back to my cell and start carving into my forearm, slow and careful, cutting the wordsJustice for Senuinto my skin. I use a needle I borrowed from a guy tied to one of the neighborhood gangs, paid for with a pack of cigarettes, and the ink is just regular pen ink.
As a tattoo artist, someone who actually cares about clean tools and safe pigments, the whole thing makes me cringe hard, but I am not exactly planning on growing old anyway. If I end up poisoning myself a little in the process, so be it. Fuck it.
The next morning throws me completely off balance.
My attorney moves way faster than I expected, and suddenly I’m scheduled for visits from representatives ofbothprograms!
As for how I feel about it?
The truth is simple. Since Senu died, there’s no one left I want to live for. Every day is just waiting, counting down until I get my chance to destroy that bastard.
I have one mission left, and it’s Daniel Tanner.
After that, the world can burn.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Bombing Targets Blue Lowen During Business Meeting
Malden Pharmaceuticals CEO narrowly survives another attempt on his life after explosive device detonates during a business meeting.
Blue Lowen, youngest son of the billionaire Lowen family, Nobel Prize–winning scientist, and one of the country’s most polarizing figures, narrowly survived a bombing yesterday while attending meetings at the matchmaking agency Fate’s Choice.
Lowen, widely criticized for co-creating the controversial Beta Activation program, was in talks with agency representatives when his security detail detected a beeping sound consistent with an explosive device. The bomb detonated moments later.
Preliminary reports state that Lowen was shielded from the main blast by his purple alpha bodyguard and sustained only minor injuries. Two other individuals at the scene were killed…
Capo Anzo Ferro Arrested in FBI Raid
First beta capo in mafia history charged in connection with bombing of Malden Pharmaceuticals CEO Blue Lowen.
Anzo Ferro was arrested yesterday in an FBI raid on his fortified residence. He faces charges for allegedly organizing the recent bombing targeting Blue Lowen, CEO of Malden Pharmaceuticals.
A long-time opponent of the Beta Activation program, Lowen’s controversial initiative aimed at awakening fertility in betas, Ferro is believed by authorities to have acted out of political motive.
He is currently being held in federal custody. His nephew and right-hand man, Rocco Ferro, is being questioned but has not been formally charged…
