Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Roseanne had been grinding through two exam papers in the library, stumbling over each final question. She racked her brain for ages, to no avail, and then remembered seeing a similar problem in a book. She got up and headed to the lending area to search for that book and its problem type.

After a few minutes of searching, she found it and was about to return to her seat when a book caught her eye.

The title was "Genetic Sequences: Recombination and Fusion." And she remembered something Owen had said, prompting her to pull the book from the shelf.

As she flipped through the pages, she was surprised that the book's viewpoint resonated deeply with her thoughts. She turned more pages, her excitement growing, and she became completely engrossed in the material.

Her phone vibrated in her pocket, and a message popped on the screen.

Leda: [Guess where I am?]

Roseanne thought it was some word game and was about to reply when a thought struck her. [You're at school, aren't you?]

[Bingo!]

out of the library,

you here

bag, the

you going to join me?"

busy with work for three days. I only slept eight hours in total these few days. I woke up to

projects a year, each demanding her full attention, often leaving her no time to rest.

do with the Sherwood family," she

cut her off before Leda could finish, handing her an

watched her

the details yet. Looking down at the project brief, it was true. The Reynolds

Sherwood family.

Millie off, Murray cleared out York and

once noisy hospital room

out without a second thought Blood oozed