"Good." Sir Shillingsworth walked into the lab. "I was hoping you'd get started."

"I'm sorry, Sir. I should have been on it long before."

"Pentam, I threw you into waters well out of your depth. Whatever you do will be more than we have now. Do what you can do, and do it well, and you'll be fine."

Working in the lab helped Pentam stop worrying about Cal and her stubborn determination to put herself at risk. There wasn't room in his head for chemistry and that infuriating ...