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Dr. Kamala exclaimed. “Absolutely ridiculous.”
    Their voices died away with their footsteps.
    Alex couldn’t move. Claustrophobia-tinged panic rushed through him. He had to escape. He couldn’t imagine what the doctor had planned next. Chemical experimentation sounded even worse than the electricity. He had already died once.
    As hard as he fought, Alex couldn’t force himself to move with the effects of the silver dart in his veins. He didn’t know how long he struggled before he was able to calm down enough to think. Last time, he had focused on one part at a time. He closed his eyes and concentrated on a finger. It took a considerable amount of effect, but a few minutes later, the pinky finger on his left hand twitched.
    Alex breathed through his teeth. It wasn’t enough progress. He had to get out before the doctor came back, but if he panicked, he lost the ability to move altogether. He sucked in a breath and let it out, focusing his attention on his finger once more.

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    A single set of footsteps sounded down the hall. It was too soon. Alex could move both hands and wiggle his toes, but any shows of strength would be completely past him for a while longer. If whoever was coming was supposed to begin the tests, he would have no chance.
    The door opened. Kate, the assistant, poked her head in. She looked past both werewolves, searching the room.
    Alex held perfectly still, hoping that if she was checking on their progress, she would conclude that they weren’t close to ready.
    Kate shut the door behind her. She drew something from the pocket of her scrubs.
    Alarm filled Alex at the sight of the gun. Kate lifted the weapon and aimed. Confused at the line of her trajectory, Alex willed his hands not to clench into fists and give him away. The hum of a silenced bullet buzzed past him and hit something out of the range of his periphery. She aimed past Drogan and did the same. Turning, Kate fired two more times, taking out the cameras on either side of the door.
    She hurried across to Alex, her expression showing something close to alarm. Alex had no idea what she was up to. He flinched when her hand touched his wrist. Her palm was cold and clammy.
    “Good, you can move,” she said, her voice toned more for herself than for Alex. She put a key into the cuff on his arm and turned it. The cuff opened.
    Realizing he had already given himself away, Alex decided he couldn’t do any worse by speaking. “What are you doing?”
    “Getting you out of here,” she replied without looking at him.

Chapter Four
     
    Surprised, Alex asked, “Why?”
    “Because she’ll kill you.” Kate gave him a searching look. “She already did, actually. I don’t know how you’re still here. I wanted to get you out before, but I couldn’t without them seeing.”
    She unlocked the other cuff. Alex flexed his fingers. “Why are you helping me? Aren’t you one of them?”
    “An Extremist intent on sucking the blood out of every werewolf we catch so we can make some super creature that will listen to the league’s every whim?” she asked, looking up at him with her hand paused on the cuff at his right ankle.
    “Yes,” Alex replied; he watched her closely.
    Kate shook her head. “I can’t see anyone else die.” Moisture filled her eyes and her jaw tightened as though she forced herself to stop talking.
    She unlocked both cuffs on his legs and moved to his waist. It was a moment before she said, “She killed my fiancé two and a half years ago with the help of your comrade over there.”
    “He’s not my comrade,” Alex muttered.
    “Good,” she said. “If you were with Drogan, there’s no way I would let you out. He can burn with the concoctions Dr. Kamala had so much fun creating. It would serve him right. Thorpe didn’t deserve to die.” Her voice caught. She unlocked Alex’s waist, then hesitated at his neck. She met his gaze. “Will you kill me after I unlocked this one?”
    Alex kept his voice firm and calm