The digital clock on the microwave flickered, the red numbers shifting from 2:00 AM to 2:01 AM. Vahn Ryker stood completely still in the cramped kitchenette of his Sovereign City apartment, the cool glass of water resting forgotten in his hand.
The silence of the room was heavy, broken only by the rhythmic, deep breathing of his sister sleeping in the next room. Hana was finally resting without the rattling wheeze that had haunted their lives for the past five years. The Elixir of Primal Vitality had done exactly what his calculations promised. Her biological framework was repaired.
But Vahn's own body was a different story entirely.
