The house descended into silence after Lola and Desmond shut the door behind themselves and Imani realized that she and Lucas were now alone. She pressed her lips together as she turned to face him, her heart beginning to pound in her chest, and he looked down at her. Neither of them said anything and just kept staring at each other for a while before she remembered that she had to go through her mum's books to know more about the medication she created.
She broke the silence by clearing her throat when he slowly pulled her closer to him, his hands going around her waist. "I have to um... work?" It came out as a question and she swallowed while he raised his brows at her.
"Lucille had an idea for curing the virus," she added and his eyes widened as he imagined the werewolves that were currently infected with the virus finally getting cured.
"I want to find out if it can work," she added so he wouldn't get his hopes up. "... It'll only take a couple minutes."