I nodded. "Leila asked Elias to help her develop the cure in exchange for giving his father partial credit. She's planning on asking you to help her, too." I took a deep breath, not quite sure how to ask. "Amy, if Leila can't do it, if she can't work to find the cure, can you?"

Amy's eyebrows pulled together. "Why do you ask?"

I said nothing.

"You want to take the cure. Why?"

I nodded. "Amy, it's the only way that I can protect my family "

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