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“Dr. Alexis.”

“And those people?”

Hunter glared at the four other scientists in the room, all decked out in lab coats, and all at a separate workstation with experiments bubbling away around them.

“They kidnapped us from Standard and put to work here four years ago. We can’t leave the building and we have to work on developing a better serum to make her shifter’s stronger and faster. Less likely to die in a fight,” Dr. Alexis said.

A young woman, no older than twenty-five, stepped forward. “Is she out there?”

“No, she disappeared. I’m trying to locate her,” Neri said.

“We’ve been sabotaging the serum, diluting it in different ways, so the shifters can’t shift. They aren’t as strong as they should be. They also die within one to two years of being injected.”

“What’s your name?” Ghost asked.

“I’m Dr. Joanna Gaines. I worked in immunology for Standard. Dr. James Alexis worked in biomedical. And these three, Dr. Sam Logan, Dr. Angel Martinez, and Dr. Sylvia Moore all work in research.”

Hunter noted their skin was pale and all of them looked gaunt and unhealthy.

“Did you know Dr. Olivia Sabin?” Kai asked.

“Yes, she disappeared. There was a company wide alert stating she developed a bioweapon, and it killed hundreds, but I never believed them.”

Ghost stepped forward. “Liv is Kai’s mate. Kai turned her into a vampire after Dr. Ames kidnapped her and tortured her, trying to get the bioweapon back from her.”

Dr. Martinez growled. “I hated that fucking man. All he wanted was to steal our research and take credit for our work. I could see him developing a bioweapon.”

“Yeah, well, Liv turned the tables and injected the bioweapon into him. He… well, disintegrated,” Kai said.

Hunter shivered at the memory.

“Good,” the three researchers said in unison.

“I’m glad Dr. Sabin is okay,” Dr. Gaines said.

“Is there anyone else on this floor?” Gunnar asked.

Dr. Gaines shook her head. “No, it’s us, that tall guy who never talks and the woman. She hates the shifters and they avoid her wrath. But she will call them when she has a plan and they act as her distraction. As far as we’ve figured, they live two floors below the lab. The numbers have dwindled over the past few weeks and with these shifters dead, I’m guessing they’ll go out hunting for humans again soon.”

Ghost growled. “How do they get the humans to experiment on?”

Dr. Moore stepped forward. “They are homeless men from Denver. She doesn’t take women, I don’t know why, but she gets Damian to kidnap them and no one ever reports them missing.”

“Do you guys inject—”

“No! We don’t go near them, plus Zahava likes to do it herself. She gets a sick pleasure doing it.”

Neri scoffed. “Figures.”

“Hunter, we need to get these scientists to safety. Can you take them to Kai’s and pop back here?”

Everything inside him wanted to rebel against leaving Neri for even a moment, but Ghost was in charge and he knew he couldn’t refuse. He turned to Neri, who smiled at him and walked closer.

She pressed her lips to the shell of his ear and said, “When you need to come back, picture me in your mind and you’ll teleport to where I am. It’s easier than it looks.”

“Okay, gather around,” Hunter commanded.

The five doctors walked forward, unaffected they were moving closer to immortal assassins. Hunter held out his arms. “Grab hold and don’t let go.”