Steve was not of the right mind to watch Zosma’s people take over. It was bad enough him and Ray had to inject Dee with doses of a serum they knew nothing about. It was awful having to extract bone marrow when new serum needed production. To watch strangers touch her—he would never be prepared for that.
But he had no choice, as Ray continued to remind him.
He discarded thoughts of leaving. He had to stay, had to watch, to ensure they handled her with every ounce of respect she deserved.
The night before the arrival, Steve and Ray stayed up to ensure everything was in order: lab clean, bed linens changed, subjects washed, curtains drawn, data loaded, serum batched. This latter detail they’d considered skipping. If the stage the subjects were in changed, there would be no need for more se
