"The good news for Alexia Ashford was that she had finally achieved her dream -- she had stabilized her mutation, and possessed the invincible, nearly immortal body of her dreams. The bad news was... that she was lonely. Servants aside, who was there to appreciate the depth of her genius? There was only one thing to do -- forcibly recruit some others to join her family. Now that she had the secret to stable virus mutations, it was surely too good a thing to keep to herself...
....when it came time to abduct and perfect Rebecca Chambers, Alexia had her doubts. Was this one too young, too innocent? Would the trauma of the process break her youthful mind?
As it turns out, Rebecca -- once she was given the gift of reptilian Hunter DNA -- not only became one of Alexia's most loyal followers, but gloried in her new form without hesitation. She always did like muscles, and now she had some of her own!