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Back in Harvard, in the symbology class, students were learning much about the Illuminati.

"You see here," Robert Langdon pointed to a symbol on an American dollar. "This unfinished pyramid is the symbol of the Illuminati."

"What does it mean?" asked an interested student in the front row.

"It stands for strength and duration. Now, you may be wondering what an Illuminati symbol may be doing on the back of our currency, am I correct? Some people who designed the Great Seal decided to mock our Founding Fathers a bit. While they believed in God, you all know that Illuminati members did quite the opposite. What did they believe?"

A mumble went through the students. "They believed in science."

"Correct. And you all know what happened to them in the Church, right? Some were branded and left out on the streets of Rome to warn the others. Many were concluded to meet in secret."

"Mr. Langdon," a boy said in the back row, hand raised. "Didn't you have a run in with the Illuminati a couple of years ago?"

Robert's handsome face went rigid. He did not want to talk about his encounters with his students. "As you all are well-aware, I helped the Vatican a couple years ago. But it was not the Illuminati, let me tell you that. Just a hoax, someone trying to make believe they were back. Let me assure you, that the Illuminati are just a faded away society."

"So if it wasn't the Illuminati, who WAS it then who was threatening the Church?"

Robert winked. "If you would just open your eyes…"

The bell rang, dismissing the last class. The students filed out, and Robert sat down at his desk. He smiled at a picture frame. It was a picture he took of his daughter Alexandria and his wife Sophie. They had adopted Alexandria—who was fourteen—a couple months ago, and were expecting another child soon.

"Robert?" a voice called from the door. His head whipped up.

"Ben!" Robert grinned and strode over to the man who had called him.

Ben Hanson was a forty-something teacher at Harvard. He was tall, had an athletic build, and dark blond hair with brownish-black eyes. They both had went to college together, and had been friends ever since. In fact, Robert and Sophie had been considering Ben to be the godfather of their future child. Hanson taught science, and he and Robert had many discussions over symbology and science: which was better? But despite all their debates, Robert knew that they both understood each other's passion for the subject they taught and accepted it.

Or at least that's what he thought.

Ben smiled. "Good to have you back home, buddy. I was wondering if you wanted to come over to my place and watch a football game, like we did in the old days..."

Robert shook his head. "Sorry, I promised Sophie I'd be home tonight.

Hanson chuckled. "That's why I fly solo." Robert would have never told Ben this, but he would rather spend time with Sophie over Ben any day.

"But Sophie and I would like to have you over for dinner. How about tomorrow?"

"Sounds good. See you there, Robert."

Robert opened the door. "I'm home!" he hollered.

Sophie smiled from the kitchen and put her stirring spoon down. She went to the steps. "Alex! Your father's home!"

Alex bounded down the steps with a huge smile on her face.

"Dad!" She gave Robert a big hug. Alex couldn't be more happy to call Robert and Sophie her parents. She finally felt at home.

"Hi Alex," he gave her a bear hug. He kissed Sophie, and smiled at her. It was good to be home.

"…and then my teacher asked me to explain it better to the class!" Alex's eyes shined as she told Robert about her new classes at her school. Not only had she been tested in almost all advanced classes, she had made the track team and was their long-distance runner.

Robert laughed as he helped himself to more lasagna Sophie had just made. "Sounds like you're an expert at this stuff!"

Alex smiled. "I really like algebra."

"Maybe you'll become a cryptographer, like your mom."

Alex's face became thoughtful. "Maybe I will."

Back in Paris, Regina Cummings paced back and forth in her kitchen as she waited for a person to call back on the phone. Why hadn't he called yet?

She held her head in her hands. It was all because of a stupid mistake she made years ago she was even in this mess.

Alexandria.

The name sent shivers down her back. Alexandria was in the newspaper the other day, being kidnapped from some rich person, but being rescued by some people called Robert and Sophie Langdon.

Does she know who she is? That she is part of the Bloodline?

Regina hated herself for even being part of the Holy Grail secret, even though she could do nothing about it. But after letting Alexandria go, she became a part of something bigger. Much bigger. No one would ever see it coming…

Regina's phone vibrated, snapping her back to reality. "Hello?" she said cautiously. When she heard the voice on the other line, she sighed dramatically. "Thank GOD you called!"

"That was fantastic! I had the best time!" Ben stood up and took a glance at his watch. 11:30 pm. "I really ought to be going. It was so nice to see you again, Sophie, Robert. And tell Alexandria I can't wait for her to be in my class when she goes to Harvard." Sparks seem to fly in his eyes. "I'll reteach her everything her dad says was false."

They laughed as they walked Ben to the door. When it shut, the grin on Hanson's face was replaced by a scowl. He flipped open his phone and whispered. "Meet me back here in an hour. Everything should be ready then."

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