"Be careful about that word," Pamela warned, "Love. Most times, if not all, it ends in disappointment. Considering you've used it for two people, you should be doubly so. Love makes you vulnerable." The last time she thought she was in love with someone, he'd turned her into his own science experiment. Granted it gave her the power she had now, but there was still a hatred for Alec Holland that bubbled underneath the surface.