My heart thudded in my chest as I tried to comprehend Officer Daniels’s words. “Not human?” I echoed, my voice trembling with confusion and relief. “What do you mean?”
Daniels shifted uneasily, glancing at his partner before speaking again. “The lab results came back, and they found traces of a substance that’s not typically associated with humans. It’s a sort of resin or sap.”
I blinked in disbelief as my mind raced. Resin? Sap? How could this possibly relate to Emily’s fear and pain? “Can you explain that in more detail?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper, struggling to make sense of the situation.
