Arion cleared the room before Victor had finished objecting.
Elias had been transferred from the forest directly into one of the secure medical suites beneath the northern research center, where every wall contained pheromonal filtration, every entrance required two levels of authorization, and enough monitoring equipment surrounded the bed to make the space look less like a recovery room and more like somewhere designed to contain a biological weapon.
Victor had already taken enough blood to offend an ordinary patient.
Hendrik had requested a formal interrogation team.
Hunter wanted Elias's military history reconstructed before anyone accepted a word he said.
Otto wanted answers.
Arion wanted everyone out.
