“We have to retrieve it,” Aiden finished, feeling his words with every fiber of his body. “As soon as possible.”
Darren’s nod came just as a woman with a frayed lab coat burst into the room. She was maybe in her forties, had brown skin and wavy black hair, but the most notable feature was the blazing excitement living in her light brown eyes.
“Garret! Peter!” she panted, her gaze darting between the two men as her entire face lit up. She took a few deep inhales, sweat beading on her forehead. “You need to come with me! You have to see this! It’s… unbelievable.”
“Dr. Batbayar?” Garret said, eyebrows quivering in confusion. “Is everything okay?”
Her smile grew even wider, causing the hairs on Aiden’s arms to stand up. He didn’t know why, but he held his breath, her intensity getting to him as he awaited her answer.
“Oh, it’s more than okay!” She took another deep inhale, holding her chest with one hand. “We… I believe we just made history and changed the world!”
A shock of electricity surged through Aiden. His heart and mind raced.The Valrais had changed the world?Not once, but twice?
He looked at Darren and Darren looked at him, confusion and surprise taking over his face. He opened his mouth to say something, but the memory fragment flickered just then, destroying the room and spitting them back out in the sunlit chapel, where Sara was perched on the edge of the dais, swinging her legs back and forth while Sir Barnaby Albus snoozed next to her.
