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“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.

had fallen. This virus was

eyes open, weakly pushing her away. “Stay

was leagues above other werewolves, it wasn’t enough to

his phone. “Get Dr. Samuel to the

wheeled away, a group of doctors surrounded her, faces

is there really anything we can do against this

that he’d fallen, panic

Tessa’s glare swept across them like shards of ice. “You’re going to sit back and watch this virus destroy Montedra’s genetic future?

show?”

their heads in shame, none

out. They couldn’t run even if

woman stepped forward. Her nametag read “Rosa.” “I’ll

others–backing out now

and turned back

efficiently through the prep work. Every task Tessa assigned was handled with precision, saving time

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her head from the microscope.

“I’ve extracted the pathogen.”

cyes gleamed.

heart skipped. She stared at the writhing genetic strand under the lens in awe. “That’s incredible.

calmly, fingers flying over the keyboard. “Samuel had a werewolf

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