Chapter 231

Elodie’s POV

The fluorescent lights of the biology lab hummed with a monotonous drone that was somehow more exhausting than a tactical briefing.

I stared at the diagram of a mitochondria on the whiteboard, trying to convince myself that the "powerhouse of the cell" was the most important thing in my world right now.

Beside me, Kiernan was leaning back in his stool, his long legs stretched out und