Chapter 203 The Hidden Lab

Aubrey’s POV

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“Miss, there are signs someone slipped here. He must’ve fallen.”

“Papa?” Brook gasped and tried to rush forward, but Perry pulled him back.

“Leave two men up top. The rest, come down with me. Keep the boy safe.”

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Brook was clearly anxious, but he knew better than to make a scene. As we geared up, he suddenly grabbed my arm in a panic.

“My dad’s bald! If you see him-”

“If he’s down there, I’ll bring him back,” I promised.

I

gave

him one last look, then followed Perry down into the pit.


The slope was steep. Because of the possibility of Lupine virus exposure, we each inspected our hazmat suits one final time and secured our gas masks before descending.

We couldn’t shift into wolves while wearing the suits, so Perry led the way, anchoring ropes for us to climb down one at a time.

It didn’t take much effort. I reached the bottom in about ten minutes.

space around us–and the body at his feet. It was a man, and he was

man hadn’t died of infection–he’d hit his head on a rock. His

let go.

My chest tightened.

life. How, by the end, my father had lost everything. After being used and discarded by Aurelia and her people, he was drowning in debt. When he was dying, he used the last of his strength to shift into his wolf

his back.

Aurelia’s pursuit, he collapsed on the ground and slowly turned cold. He didn’t get the chance

his final moment, I no longer hated him. In this life,

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carry the body up. The rest,

turned and

be careful. Let me lead,” Perry said,

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us from behind. You don’t need to

“Yes, ma’am.”

down the winding tunnel, eventually reaching

cave that’s been reinforced,” Perry said as he scanned the walls with a device. “Constructed

foul scent and

ground. One had burst open, broken glass

was clearly a lab–an


a terrifying

been where Ulrich

secret lab, built over a year ago, hidden so well

had. Maybe they all

I’d read in the town’s records–how, some time ago, a number of solitary werewolves had vanished without a trace.

Damn it.

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