"Are we really going to give up?" Samuel murmured, pressing a hand to his

throbbing forehead. The nonstop, high-intensity work was finally breaking even

him.

"Take an hour to rest. I'll keep watch," Tessa said, giving him a light shove. "We'll

hold out in shifts. Better than both of us dropping."

Samuel wanted to argue, but her eyes stopped him cold.

She was right, and he knew it. So he stood. "I'll relieve you in an hour."

Tessa lay down on the makeshift hospital sofa almost instantly.

and fell asleep

But not even an hour later, she jolted a deep sense of dread gripping her.

She bolted to the lab.

pounding,

The moment she opened the door, her pupils shrank in horror-Samuel had

collapsed beside the workstation, his face tinged with the sickly gray-blue hue

unique to virus infection.

"Samuel!" Tessa ran to catch him, her voice trembling.

Even an S+ level werewolf medic had fallen. This virus was far more aggressive

than they'd ever imagined.

Samuel forced his eyes open, weakly pushing her away. "Stay back... I'm

infected... Don't touch me."

was faint. Though his healing ability was leagues

it wasn't enough to stop

snatched up his phone. "Get Dr.

containment!"

of doctors

Dr. Samuel's infected... is there

against this virus?"

anchor. Now that

team.

you're scared?" Tessa's glare swept

to sit back and watch this virus

You think that white coat you wear is

show?"

lowered their heads in shame, none to speak

squads stood guard. No one was allowed in

if they wanted to. But staying meant

woman stepped forward. Her nametag read

your assistant."

the others-backing out now

their profession

turned back

moving efficiently through the prep

handled with precision,

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head from

"I've extracted the pathogen."

eyes gleamed.

heart skipped. She stared at the writhing genetic strand under the

gene sequence is insanely complex. I studied

couldn't figure

had," Tessa said calmly,

werewolf genome map in his notes. I used

weak point."

she didn't mention was that she'd spent hours translating

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