Chapter Four
Under any other circumstance, Gleb would never do this.
At least, that’s what he told himself.
‘This is your lab,’ Gleb said.
Hélio stood in the center of it, scratching a pointed ear. Polycarbonate windows made the room like a fishbowl, easily visible to patrolling soldiers outside. Then there were the cameras in the lab itself, and someone would accompany Hélio at all times. Someone who knew their codons from their nucleotides.
Hélio would be monitored closely, Gleb had made sure of that.
‘Is this everything you need?’ he asked.
Hélio turned in a circle. ‘Centrifuge, incubator, electroporator—impressive. The exact models too.’
‘You seem surprised,’ Gleb said.
‘That is because I am,’ he said. ‘How did you get approval so quickly?’
Gleb adjusted the collar on his cam
