A/N: For Mel

Secrets & Lies
by Maestra


The good old days of experiments and discoveries were gone for him, and likely for the Centre. Alex, Damon, Dannie, Eddie, Kyle, and Angelo, the one he’d argued with Catherine over... one by one his hopes and dreams for each of his children had turned to ashes.

He’d fought for years to wrest Jarod, away from Sydney. The child he’d coveted. But no matter how devious or cunning he’d been, he’d never succeeded in stealing the project. Even turning Sydney into a drug addict hadn’t shattered the relationship he and Jarod shared. No, the Triumverate didn’t believe in breaking up a good team.

His proudest achievement, project Gemini, had been stolen from him and given to Sydney too. It was his fault both Jarod and his clone escaped! Now Sydney cowered like a child in the infirmary, while he was left to deal with the consequences of his negligence. Flipping the DNA analysis Lyle had given him into his inbox he picked up his phone to make arrangements for the burial. It just left a bad taste in Raines’ mouth, the taste, was of ashes.

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