Chapter 100

• Her heart hammered against her ribs, a frantic drumbeat that was louder than the quiet hum of the laboratory servers.
• One wrong keystroke, one suspicious glance from the guard standing ten feet away, and Eli would be an orphan.
• Anna kept her face a mask of cool, professional focus, her eyes fixed on the lines of genetic code that scrolled across her main monitor. It was a perfect performance. The diligent, cooperating scientist, working to solve a problem she knew was a lie.