Elena’s POV
The scream still echoed in my ears long after Clara was carried out.
I hadn’t meant to hurt her. God, I’d only grabbed the file back. But the way she looked at me—her eyes wide, not with pain but with something else—something raw, like fear—froze me.
Fear. Of me.
And that didn’t make sense. She said I’m human. Does that mean she isn’t? No, that’s rubbish. I’ve been watching too many movies recently. But I know one thing—humans didn’t look at other humans that way.
Dax stormed in like a hurricane right after, his presence slicing through the room. Nobody even dared breathe as he crouched down by Clara, calmly ordering the others to take her to the hospital.
He spoke with the Office Supervisor, and I could see the exact moment she told him I was resigning. He
