Serum

"So what do we have?" Andreas growled as he entered the map room. This time, both of the other guardian elders entered with him.

Zoe thought the three of the elders together were a strange combination. Andreas was the no-nonsense commander of the other two. And he was always the one in charge of anything to do with the alyko, including Zoe's team.

The tall, thin Pearce was highly intelligent and cerebral, and he chose his words carefully. He only spoke after each word had been weighed and considered, and he seemed to be incredibly bored doing it.

And Auden was a squat, jittery, mostly dim-witted… creep. Zoe couldn't think of a better word for him. Like a bug that can't stop moving and creeping, his eyes always darting around nervously.