Way Out of Control by Tatiana Caldwell Read Free Book Online

sneer on his face. “You’re practically in there all day, every day, talking with him, serving him food.”
    “That’s not true. I haven’t spent that much time with him at all.” Not since three days ago when he’d declared his desire to fuck her silly, and she’d almost said okay. “I’ve just been chatting with him through the intercom, and bringing food. He deserves so much more than that. He’s not a lab rat, he’s a human being.”
    “It’s the best we can do for him.”
    “Well, I want to do more.”
    “I bet he does, too,” Sri grinned. “Considering how much he seems to like you.”
    Celise blushed as she remembered the older man had seen what happened during her last close encounter with Mr. Wentworth. She wiped off the silly grin she could feel was on her face when she caught Victor glaring at her.
    “Sounds like he could be dangerous to you. Perhaps you should stay out of his cell.”
    “Perhaps you should figure out how to heal him,” she snapped back.
    “I just may have an idea on correcting the formula,” Victor said. “It is possible Jaxon’s temperament was affected by the severe pain that accompanied his accelerated transformation.”
    Sri slapped his hands together. “Which increased his adrenaline, which could have amplified his emotions. That’s indeed a possible explanation.”
    “Yes,” Victor nodded. “We can adjust the levels of mutagens in single dosage such that it would take several doses to be fully impacted. This would slow the transformation of future subjects.”
    “But how would that help Jaxon? He doesn’t need a new version of the formula, he wants to be himself again.”
    “Are you sure that’s what he wants? He seemed very determined to become a new man. He didn’t want to suffer from his injuries anymore, he wanted to heal faster.”
    “I know he doesn’t want to risk getting worse. I think he’s done being a guinea pig.”
    “We have not yet tried to actually reverse the mutated DNA of any of the primates we tested it with,” Sri said. “Perhaps we should try that first, to verify its effectiveness.”
    “Only if once we are successful we could test the reversal procedure on Jaxon. Then we give him the new version of the formula. Garrett should be pleased to get both the formula and an anti-formula.”
    “Wait, wait,” Celise put up her hands and shook her head. “At this point you’re only speculating that he’s suffering because of adrenaline only. We’d have to figure that out first. It’s been over five days since he mutated, surely the adrenaline wouldn’t still be a factor in his behavior. Let’s see if we can validate that for our records. Then after you perfect the reversal procedure with some primates, we change Jaxon back to the way he was before and leave him that way. You can test your new formula on the reverted primates.”
    A grunt of disapproval followed the roll of Victor’s eyes. “We’ve already tested the current formula on chimps, and it didn't have the same effect on Jaxon. It's a waste of time and money to test with anything non-human at this point, and every day we waste not getting this done is a day we lose where we could be rich and retired.”
    “Then perhaps we can ask Mr. Carrington for the funds to seek out new test subjects.”
    “Garrett isn’t going to fund new subjects after he hears about our failure, especially without any validated cause. Besides, we already have a test subject.”
    “I already explained to you Jaxon Wentworth is not a tool. There will be no invalidated experiments on Jaxon. Find some other way to test it. And let him out of that room at least.”
    “No, it’s safer for everyone if Jaxon stays locked in a room.” Victor eyed her. “Especially you.”
    Sri nodded. “I agree. At least until the excess adrenaline leaves his system and he shows signs of recovery.”
    “ If that is even the issue,” Celise sighed. “Well, I have some ideas of my own of how to help him