Chapter 676

The police had secured the entrance of the entire laboratory under Huma University with cordon lines. I had followed Zion's car here. Ashton and Xan had climbed into the back of his trunk while he drove away. I got out of the car, wanting to head in, but I was stopped by the police. "Eason! Ashton and Xan just went inside!" I shouted when I saw Eason. He looked at me warily from the entrance. "What are you doing here?" His eyes were rimmed red, a clear sign that he had been crying. Perhaps he was overwhelmed with grief after detecting Steven's DNA in the human tissues, or he might be furious that Joel had helped Carol escape. "I Steven…dead?" I asked softly. I felt as if tiny needles were prickling my heart. Eason fell silent. After a while, he said, "Stephany's body is relatively intact, and she was confirmed dead. Steven wouldn't have hesitated to give up his life to protect his wife. Now with her dead, do you really think Steven could still be alive?" His question rendered