mood. You should go and plead with Professor Powell on her behalf. If she's kicked out of this project, how

thetic tone. The prospect of Rylie's downfall was almost too delicious to hide. If R

room for argument. "That's perfect. I never intended to stick around. I'm out of the project.

arefully developed Nexo-7 compound, the key ingredient that

ed at that. "You're

and stepped past them, but Stacey's g

e with this phase, and the medical competition's coming up. This isn't j

You shouldn't give her special treatme

ing a brow. "Is your concern for me g

y concerned," Stacey in

ou've seen what your team can do even with my help - and it's not much. Six months,

her experimental designs. Without her, Timothy's grand ambitions in clinical medicine and AI were jus

's cheek, her words cold. "Don't fool yourself. You're not f

Rylie had been shown the door at home, she had turned into someone unrecogni

uldn't even be part of this team if Stacey hadn't vouched for you in the first p

gripping his wrist an

oubled over, hand clutching his now-dislocat

oup a cold glance. "Aren't you all future doctors

pen doors, and collected her prized compound. While inside, she fed the latest cor

ck out, vial in hand, just as T

ylie. "You're always scraping by in class, using the lab for naps, and now you're assaulting your own teammates? Do you hone

ted, "Didn't you read my email? I

head as if the idea was ridiculous, "You must be out of your mind, Rylie. Do you know how many students would kill for a place on my team? Le

, maybe beg for another chance. But h

e, "Whatever," and was halfway out the

hrough the noise. "So

of medical students clustered around the person sprawled on the floor. She wast

nly, they knew this knowledge. Immediately,

ond before her hands moved to assess his condition. Her fingers quickly found his trachea - shifted, not where it should b

but Timothy shouted at her, "You have no business treating

listen to Professor Powell. If something goes wr