The lab was cold that morning—not with temperature, but with truth. It was the kind of chill that crawled up the spine and stayed there, coiled tight like a question no one wanted answered.Savannah stood stiffly against the frosted window of the research wing, her breath fogging faint halos on the glass. Her hands were curled into fists, buried deep into the sleeves of her wool coat, the fabric damp with anxiety. Outside, a sterile sun cracked against the horizon, illuminating the lab’s scattered remnants of ambition: vials half-filled with colorless fluid, gene maps spooling endlessly on silent terminals, and samples marked only with barcodes—stripped of names, of stories, of consequence.Each one had once been a promise.Now, they were eulogies.Julian approached with the clipboard held to his chest like a shield. His lab coat was rumpled, his eyes sunken—not from fatigue, but from the weight of what he carried. His steps were deliberate, reverent.“I need to show you something,” h
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