Chapter 55

• — Claire LeBlanc —
• The phone rang, and for a second, I hesitated to answer. The ringing seemed to echo throughout the house, the sound pulsing in the tense silence that filled the air. Alexis watched me from across the room, his gaze calm and patient, but I knew he was as nervous as I was. The moment we had both been waiting for had arrived, and my heart seemed to stop as I picked up the phone, the lab's number glowing on the screen.
• "Hello?" My voice came out weaker than I expected, almost a whisper. I could hear the soft sound of Alexis' breathing, as focused as I was at that second.