The sterile cold air of the lab pressed in around them as Audrey sat on the examination table her hands clenched tightly in her lap. The fluorescent lights above flickered intermittently casting harsh shadows across the room. Adam stood at her side his presence a silent promise of protection his gaze never leaving her as the team of scientists worked around them.
Audrey’s pulse throbbed in her ears but she couldn’t tear her eyes away from Adam who stood so close his hand resting gently on her shoulder. It was the only thing grounding her in the storm of chaos that had been unleashed around them. Axel’s men the traitor in the pack and now this… a nightmare that she never thought she’d have to endure.
The scientists worked in a clinical detached manner each focused on their task as they pr
