The Price of Mercy

Valerie Vance didn't understand why she was laughing so loudly. She didn't think what she had just said was particularly funny.

But the woman found it ironic.

Because their existence was all about replicating Valerie Vance, that's why they were kept alive. Once they lost their utility, they would become discarded, abandoned by the organization.

Ironically, the woman who held their lives in her han