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that?” Mike started pacing. He was worried that, if he didn’t come up with answers and soon, a lot more people were going to die.
    “Bleeding from the ears, nose, and throat, a collapsed lung, and his organs had started shutting down.”
    “Cause of death?”
    “Undetermined. I looked at his medical records. The boy never had more than a cold. Nothing to indicate my findings.”
    Mike let his head drop and released a breath. “Damn.”
    “My thoughts exactly,” Henry muttered.
    Mike placed his hand on Abby’s shoulder as he walked past. “I’ll meet you back at the office, squirt. We need to go meet the professor.”
    Abby grinned. “Henry, we might be sending you another one for study after meeting the professor. I’m thinking the man’s days are numbered.”
    Mike walked out and got into his SUV. His drive to the office had been a short one. He needed to brief the captain on what Elizabeth had told them all about the professor and give him an update on overdosing on the blue drug. He walked into his office and plopped down in his chair. He had no answers for anything. He didn’t know where his half-sister was, he didn’t know a damn thing about the drug, he didn’t know where his dad’s killer, Winters was, and he didn’t know if Elizabeth was safe. He pulled a stress ball from his desk and started to squeeze. At the rate he was doing his job, he didn’t think he’d be getting the answers he needed anytime soon.
    Abby knocked on his doorframe. “I got a call from the captain. It seems Elizabeth ’s professor is in the building.” Abby’s voice held a rasp of excitement. She raised and lowered her brows several times. “Care to join me for the meet and greet?”
    Mike pushed up from his chair sliding it back into the wall and threw the stress ball on his desk. “I’d love to, little sister.” Mike held out his arm. “Lead the way.”
    Abby strolled next to her brother down the corridor toward her lab. “Now don’t do anything stupid. I know you want to kill him, but if we show all of our cards, it might turn out badly.”
    Mike planned on doing more than showing his cards. He planned on making it clear that Elizabeth was off limits. He hoped the professor gave him reason to knock some sense into him. For years Elizabeth had been running from this asshole. It was time for a little payback. Mike grinned and balled his fist. “Abby, you know me better than that. I’m not going to hit him, well, at least not at first.”
    After walking through the waiting area, Mike stopped in the corridor just before the labs. People milled around filling out reports; a few men were being booked. A redheaded slip of a woman had just pulled the door open as he passed. Her doe-eyes were trained on him and Abby. Her mouth slightly parted. He knew in an instant, she was his missing sister. 
    “Well, are we going to do this?”
    Before he could open his mouth and answer Abby’s question or even make a move toward the redhead, the intensity of his anger had multiplied in the last few seconds. He felt stronger than he’d ever felt before. The blood coursing through his veins strummed to life. He felt an underline current of electricity move through his body. He glanced up at Abby, who had stopped and was staring at him. “Tell me you can feel that.”
    Abby closed her eyes. “It feels like pure untapped energy.” Abby put her hand on the wall to steady herself. She looked up at Mike “What the hell is it?”
    “I don’t know,” he whispered. “I just had an increase in my anger. Almost as if it amped up my emotions.” Just as quick as the feeling appeared, it was gone.
    He pulled in a deep breath and glanced toward where his half sister had been standing. She was gone, no sign of her anywhere. The longer they stood in the hallway, the more steady his heartbeat became. Mike put his hand on Abby’s shoulder. “Are you okay?”
    Abby nodded. “Yeah, but that was weird. We need to ask Emma and Claire if