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The soldiers nodded.
“Then from what I’m told, they are not as evolved as we are. I will be safe with him locked inside.”
“I could use a nap too,” Isaiah said with a shrug. “I don’t mind waiting for your break to finish before sharing information. I’ll honor our negotiations.”
There was a snort and a huff of menacing laughter from one of the other guards.
Idiots.
“As you can see, my last patient was removed yesterday,” the doctor said. “This will at least give me something to do, and your presence isn’t necessary.” Her knuckles were bone white as they gripped the lapel of her lab coat.
“Very well,” the second soldier in front said. “We’ll lock him inside and return in two hours. We’ll also speak to Darwin about additional instructions.”
“Perfect,” she replied.
Isaiah was nudged through the glass door of the cell. He pretended to stumble and then fell against the hard cot. The space smelled like antiseptic and a cheap bleach solution, but there was a slight hint of crushed cranberries and a metallic sting, the scent that clung to his mate like a second skin.
It brought him purpose and peace.
“See you soon,” he said cheerfully to the guards who exited through the same doorway that the doctor had walked through.
Before he could address the scientist, she spoke first.
“If you try to escape now, you won’t make it. Everyone in the facility is currently on the second level, which you’d have to pass.”
That had Isaiah pausing. “And what do you recommend then?”
She glanced over her shoulder, then up at the walkway that was suspended across the lab before she looked back at him. “Wait the two-hour period until they come back. Take the small group of soldiers first. Then you can use their weapons to leave.”
Her words were confusing. A mix of logic and truth coated each syllable.
He turned his wolf eyes to the doctor. “I’m assuming there is surveillance in here?” he said as she watched him.
There was a noticeable tremble in her slender frame. The fear was breaking through her icy control. “Yes,” she said, the sound of her voice muffled from the enclosure. “But no audio.”
“And you’re sure of that?”
“I checked myself,” she said to his surprise.
Isaiah looked around the glass box and then back at the twin bed. “You knew my mate, didn’t you?”
“Your…mate?”
“Maya. Unit 13?”
Her eyes widened. “Y-yes. She was with you?”
He nodded. “She’s safe. I plan on returning to her soon.”
He could smell the doctor’s relief. “She didn’t belong here. She didn’t deserve what they did to her. Unlike the others, Darwin liked to be cruel to her. He wanted to crush her spirit, but she refused to let him.”
That’s my tiny warrior, Isaiah thought. “You have no loyalty to Darwin?”
“No,” she said. This time he saw fire in her eyes.
A similar fire to the one he’d come to love from his mate. “I was also held captive, but instead of being subjected to testing, I was stuck running the experiments. I come from a dimension that is technologically advanced, and my special skills were needed. I was one of the few scientists that survived the invasion.”
“Did you hurt Maya?”
