This wasn't the kind of research Era had ever imagined. When she was a student in her first year, she used to fantasize that research activities would be fun. She would make observations with friends and professors. They would explore nature and discover many amazing things. Well, the reality was just the opposite. She did venture into the forest, but not with friends and professors, but with a young guard, a Beta and an Alpha.

Era looked back, then sharply at Seth, Philo and Oscar, who had been following her footsteps all along. A sullen expression had been on her face for half an hour, ever since she entered the...