Chapter Fifty-Three
Renée marched Sophia and Benito into the Vector labs, which were now blanketed in complete darkness. Or, through Sophia’s eyes, near-darkness. She scanned for anything that still had power. Nothing. She took a small crumb of satisfaction from knowing she’d pulled the plug just in time.
Renée’s arm had healed perfectly, thanks to the Axolotl Chimera vector Sophia had insisted be injected into her bloodstream. Not her best decision, that one.
She could make out Denton’s charming smile as he emerged from the oily shadows. He was still wearing his suit pants and bloodstained undershirt, but the wounds on his face had healed. Renée wasn’t the only one with a dose of Axolotl, by the looks of it.
‘Benito Montoya,’ Denton said, hands clasped behind his back. ‘I’m still tryi
