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At the sound of footsteps drawing closer from the other side of the door, Caia took off, her eyes searching the ceilings and walls for CCTV camera as she

No, she thought, her lip curling in rage, Marita wouldn’t want evidence of the existence of her little experiments down here

Caia cla the gods for the quiet of the altar as she pulled the marble slab back down into the floor She hurried out of the altar and back into the halls of the Center, desperate to wipe off the invisible filth that now clung to her skin She had no idea what Marita was doing with those children, what her end ga in her head like an alarm

"I wanted you to stay and helpon"

Oh Arteer ar on children? Oh Hades no It was unthinkable

And just a theory, she reminded herself

But theory or no, Marita had crossed the line, and Caia’s plans had instantly changed She was in no s slowly now No Now she had no co the bitch in any way she could

Marion aiting for her outside of Marita and Vanne’s suite and Caia called upon her best acting skills to greet her nor and Caia shrugged her off, explaining it away as exhaustion

She was surprised by the quick hug Marita gave her, and had to desperately hide her revulsion as she returned it It ith deep relief that she returned theshe received frooddess, she hoped not

"We’re glad you are OK," Marita said genially "You are quite the little wonder, aren’t you"

It was hard to tell whether she was being sarcastic or not

"Caia Ribeiro?"

Caia turned around to see two distinguished-looking people peering at her in astonishner suit, and his companion a small, compact woman whose estured to theyros"

It did not fail Caia’s notice that both these council members had Greek names Did that mean that their family was from way back when? Was that what it took to be a council ods? If so these were definitely the people she needed to impress

"It’s an honor" She shook their hands fir across her face They seemed taken aback by her She doubted she hat they had been expecting

"No" Alfred grinned back "This is an honor for us We cas about you, Miss Ribeiro"

"Please, call me Caia"

"Of course"

What folloas aling, about Ethan’s death, about the attack against the MacLachlans They wanted to knohat her plans were from now on She shoved what she’d just witnessed to the back of her brain and told the a position offered to her by Marita, but that she hadn’t decided whether to take it yet Instead she told the how much they meant to her It was safe to assume that Alfred and Penelope were enchanted by her, and thankfully seemed to approve of her loyalty to the pack, first and fore about your character" Penelope nodded, s earnestly at her

The ‘interview’ see to a close when Penelope twittered, "And this substance? That transformed Marita’s first-lykan-in-command, as it exactly?"

Caia shook her head, a vision of Anders panicked eyes when he realized he was going to die flashing through herPierre Du Bois and his partner Thierry Cotillard had paid human scientists to work on They had daemons on their payroll capture lykans and had these scientists working on their genetic make up for the past five years Impressively, they hid it from the trace and I didn’t know to look deeper A ain Anyway, I’m sure if Ethan had known about it he would have wanted a part in it, especially as they had a breakthrough They were able to concoct a liquid fro cheik utilized in natural materialization to transform a lykan in wolf form back into a human I don’t understand hoorks but there’s a lab, here in Paris, where the liquid is kept The human scientists have all been killed"

Alfred scowled "Are we sure that their breach has been taken care of? No human is left alive that is aware of supernaturals?"

Caia shook her head "I couldn’t be sure I just know from what I could see in Du Bois’ head that theare dead Whether or not those people told others"

"Point taken" He shook his head disturbed "This lab hed delicately froly "Perhaps it would be prudent to analyze the lab Discover e can about this forht, concealing her disgust

"No," Penelope chirped, shivering a little, "the idea of Magik’s experi on other supernaturals I think its best that infor we need is giving the wrong people inspiration"

Well said

Caia pinned Marita with her gaze, hoping to see a gliuilt or so She was so cool Definitely not an eneravely "Best to destroy it ied as if it made no matter "Fine, I’ll have so to her feet No way in hell was she letting Marita or one of her slugs near that place "Right now I’ll go right now"

Penelope and Alfred beamed at her, clearly impressed with her offer "That would be wonderful, Caia, thank you"

Marita threw a strained smile her way "Aren’t you exhausted, dear?"

"No I want to do this I want every inch of that place leveled"