Chapter 10
‘So, this is Angel, the prodigy child.’ The man in the lab coat, half his face obscured behind a bushy beard and thick glasses, rubbed his hands together. ‘I have been looking forward to studying this one.’
I could feel his eyes on me, skin crawling at the avaricious emotions coming off him in waves. The sting of it set my eyes watering but I made no move to dry them, not wanting to appear weak. As it was, I felt like a meal being paraded in front of a lion.
Ethan moved to my side, his arm bumping against my shoulder. ‘Angel isn’t here to be studied. She’s here to be cured, the same as me.’
The scientist or whatever he was looked taken aback. He shot a sideways glance at Dr Wood, and then gave a forced laugh. ‘Of course, young man. Of course. Well then, I’m Dr Frankel, and I
