Stan had recognized the scientist the moment the convoy had crested the ridge. He knew who the man was. He knew what he represented.
If Camilla killed him, the entire modern order was going to shift.
Not because a single scientist mattered by himself. Because the scientist's death, on video, transmitted live to whatever intelligence infrastructure was monitoring this convoy, would confirm every conspiracy theory that had ever been quietly whispered about Antarctica. It would confirm the existence of supernatural beings.
It would confirm the existence of powers that could kill trained soldiers without visible effort. It would confirm, in the specific way that only documented military footage could confirm, that the world had crossed into a new register of reality.
The consequences of that confirmation would be immediate and enormous.
