Miranda hadn’t expected to end up in the hospital before the experiment had even really begun. Her wounds had already been stitched up, half her arm was tightly wrapped in bandages, and she had changed into a hospital gown that was easier to move around in.Lying in bed, drained from the pain and the blood loss, Miranda felt exhausted.Felix sat in the chair beside her bed, his eyes fixed on her pale face, his expression unreadable.“Don’t tell Mia,” Miranda said to him.Felix nodded. “All right.” Then, after a pause, he asked quietly, “This isn’t the first time you’ve been scratched by a monkey, is it?”Miranda froze.How did he know she had been injured like this before?A flash of guilt crossed Felix’s eyes. “Next time, I’ll make sure Raymond and the others are more careful.”Miranda didn’t want to talk about it any further. She only wanted to get some sleep. Looking at Felix in the chair beside her, she said, “You should go. There are nurses here.”Felix only shifted sligh
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