Lisa Higgins, on a new school year, is back looking fresh, blossomed and beautiful than she'd ever been and expects her return to school to be full of surprises and exciting adventure never to be forgotten. But on that same school year, a threat of a deadly virus by an anonymous scientist is tormenting the world globally. Lisa's life takes a sudden and swift turn when she began to see clues and receive texts from an unknown number, regarding the virus to be released into the atmosphere and when she suddenly realizes the delusional scientist's first target might be her town or her high school, she's thrown head-first and deeper into tangles of deep mysteries and historical family backgrounds to be unraveled. Despite being depressed, Lisa would do anything in her power to save her friends and family incognito mode.

Extraction

Baylor shook his head the negative, seeming just as confused as I was at that moment. Dark brows lifted in an expression of sardonic questioning and the perciptible tightening of his mouth tightened into a thick, unyielding line. 


"I sincerely have no idea," he confessed, truly looking sincere. "But, I confronted him about it, and he promised. He promised those animals were going to be the last living things he is ever going to hurt." 


I shook my head slowly in disbelief, mouth pulled into a tight pout. My innards shook and trembled with fear for the nearest future. Of course, I wasn't believing in what Gabriel—Baylor's father—had told him. I couldn't believe in that lie and it struck me almost as hard as thunder when I remembered the text I'd received from an unknown person. 


Chapter 16