Lucien’s eyes snapped to me immediately.
“What was that?” Not a question. A command.
“I…I don’t know,” I whispered, voice shaking. “It’s… it felt different.”
“Different?” His hand came down to my shoulder, pressing, not roughly. “Explain.”
“It’s… I can feel both of them… and… there was… a stronger movement, in a… different spot.”, I managed to say.
Lucien’s jaw clenched. The kind of tightness that made me shrink in my seat. His eyes narrowed into thin slits, piercing.
“Doctor Cole,” he said without preamble. “I want you back. Now. Immediately.”
I flinched. My hands fell to my lap. “Lucien… I just finished the scan section. We don’t need another one… please, I just…”
“Enough,” he cut me off, the kind that left no room for argument. “You don’t decide. You… feel. I decide. Now.”
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