Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace (Dexter and Phoebe) novel Chapter 480

Caleb was itching to get into the fold, and to do that, he needed the bigwigs' nod - their interest, specifically. His pitch? The Rebirth Experiment, with a twist - he was using Carter's clone, or as we now know him, Bran." Naomi shared, her tone as casual as if she were discussing the weather.

It seemed she couldn't care less about spilling these beans to me - after all, she had no plans of letting me walk free.

I gasped at the revelation... Bran was Carter's clone.

The so-called secret of rebirth must be tied to cloning and genetics, right?

"Caleb was a gift to the Langley family from the organization years ago, a product of genetic enhancements using Ethan's DNA. They tweaked him to perfection - intelligence, strength, looks - making him a rare breed of man-made genius," Naomi said, her voice dripping with a hint of disdain.

Obviously, she wasn't too impressed with the idea of genetically edited prodigies.

"But Carter was different. He was a natural-born genius. The organization's interest in him spiked because of Caleb - one, a carefully engineered marvel; the other, untouched by genetic manipulations. Carter's mere existence quickly caught the organization's eye..."

"They used a health check at the orphanage as a pretext to extract living cells from Carter when he first started showing signs of genius - just a seven or eight-year-old kid at the time."

"Carter's clone has been cooped up in the organization's lab ever since, never seeing the outside world, until three years ago when Caleb joined the ranks, claiming he could prove the existence of soul rebirth. He used Carter, who had just passed away, and his clone, Bran, in a soul transmigration experiment."