CHAPTER 35: Another Enemy

On the same day that the job offer is signed, I also get biometric access to the laboratory. Therefore, I don’t waste time and continue what I have left off there. Just like the last time, the laboratory is empty and the heavy metal door at the rear part of the area, where I first saw Dr. Gustavo and the dead wolf he named Ash, is still secured.

Now, instead of sifting through each detail of the already available researches, which I’m sure aren’t sufficient to prove anything about us, my focus is to find the ‘most precious’ thing that Mr. Alesandro and Dr. Gustavo were bragging about.

However, before I can even start flipping a catalog, or opening a drawer or turning on a computer, the laboratory’s robotic male voice thrums. It says, ‘Identity Verified!’. Coming from the sliding tinted door is Davide’s younger brother and rival, Gabrielle. His dark, piercing eyes are aimed at me and so is the direction of his striding long legs.

“Hi,” I say, awkwardly.

I quickly turn away fr