Chapter 52 — Lunch with UFOs… and a Question Left Unanswered

(Sofía’s POV)

Noon arrived, bathed in that flat, white light streaming through the lab windows, and Sofía could already feel her stomach begging for a break.

She had spent the entire morning poring over reports and tests, but what was really keeping her awake wasn’t the caffeine—it was Federico’s new, yet familiar presence.

He had returned with that energy he seemed to have brought back from the north, with the calmness of someone who