My Godfather's Secret Lover
The acrid, sweet stench of almonds grew heavier, scraping down my throat like glass as the hiss of hydrogen cyanide filled the underground chamber. The red emergency lights pulsed rhythmically, painting the walls of human skulls in a sickening, arterial crimson.
Arthur’s hand was a heavy, bruising weight on my shoulder as he shoved me backward, driving my body straight into the only airtight structure left in the room—the primary glass incubation vat.
It was a towering cylinder of reinforced plexiglass, once used to house the biological prototypes of Project Chimera. The amber fluid had long been drained, leaving the interior cold, damp, and smelling of stale chemicals.