Chapter Forty
The woman waited as the horde screamed and a few fools scattered.
Elliot made it twenty feet before she shot him in the neck. He crumpled to the ground. I didn’t know if she’d used a lethal dart or if he’d only been tranqed.
The rest of the group drew back together, huddling into a tight knot like they were all eager to use the people around them as living shields.
“No one wants to hurt you.” Gideon shifted to stand between the woman and the rest of our pack. “We only came here to make sure that what Dr. Kain proposed doesn’t happen to anyone.”
“You’re too late.” The woman moved closer to us, clutching the black box to her side.
“What do you mean too late?” I stepped up to stand next to Gideon. I couldn’t leave him alone. I wanted to run, or hide behind the pack, but I
