He flipped forward to the page she’d marked, curious to discover exactly what about New Seran had captivated her so. He was completely shocked, then, when the page didn’t contain a historical description, but instead anatomy sketches. Along with long descriptions explaining . . . human reproduction? The room grew very still. Wax glanced up to find Steris staring at him with a look of horror on her face. She went beet red and dropped to her seat, covering her face with her hands and groaning loudly. “Um . . .” Wax said. “I guess . . . hm . . .” “I think I’m going to throw up,” Steris said.

