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“Enough, Ely” He stiffened as Ria watched the pain in the doctor’s eyes

“Mercury, you could kill her” She nodded to Ria “You kno easily it could be done Do you want to rip her heart from her chest?”

His hand tensed at Ria’s back

“I didn’t kill friends in those labs” His voice was deadly “You know that as well as I do”

“But you could kill friends now,” she whispered urgently “I have the confinement cell ready You have to let me test—”

Ria had had enough

“Have you lost possession of your senses, Dr Morrey?” she asked the other woman “A confinement cell? For what reason?”

“Because small, closed-in places will force un,” Mercury said, his voice cold, emotionless “It won’t ease In the labs, it kept e, and allowed the for it”

“It’s the only way, Mercury” The doctor’s voice hitched and broke

“I think perhaps your good doctor needs to be confined instead,” Ria stated “I’m ready to leave now”

She started forward

“Da her face now “You’re the reason it’s happening I warned Jonas it would happen That increased exposure to whatever pherouilt lies on your shoulders”

Mercury snarled and stepped between theoing to turn into”

Her expression twisted, anger and fear warring in her eyes as she stared back at Mercury

“You know you’ll destroy Sanctuary if the feral qualities in your adrenaline continue to strengthen and you end up killing” Ely’s voice roughened, becaht better of you, Mercury I thought you cared ht Callan did as well”