CHAPTER 24It took six months, in which another Christmas came and went, to figure out how to activate the genes in vampires. Lynn was back at work by this time, and was looking far too refreshed for a new mother.
“I adopted the baby out,” Jen said one day when Alice, the older geneticist, questioned her on Lynn’s seemingly extreme energy and alertness. “She’s with a hunter family in Perth.”
“Well, that explains it,” Alice replied.
“Hey,” Abby said, “this is a non-judgemental lab. You have to be if you’re going to work for a partial vampire.”
“I wasn’t judging her,” Alice responded. “I’m merely envious of her unbroken nights’ sleep.” She turned to Lynn. “Not that I’d give up my children to have that. But it would be nice to have one night where they’re not fighting, screaming, complaini
