The woman knelt before I could stop her.
I was still leaning against the wall, Brian's hand steady on my shoulder, Dr. Farrow's question echoing in my skull like a bell that wouldn't stop ringing. What exactly are you? I didn't know. I'd never known. I was Aggie Monroe, orphan, waitress, nobody—and now apparently something else entirely. The corridor felt too bright, too loud, and my blood-depleted body swayed with every heartbeat. Then the door behind Dr. Farrow opened again, and Sera Reyes walked through.
Toby's mother.
Her eyes were red from crying, but there was something new in them now. Something fierce. She walked past the doctor without a word, stopped three feet in front of me, and dropped to her knees on the concrete floor. The sound of her kneecaps hitting stone made me flinc
