They sent Lara Adeyemi to Lab 4B as punishment.
Instead, she starts thriving—and the containment agency starts sharpening the knife.

Lab 4B is where careers go to die: a sealed research bay, a plague-doctor anomaly behind reinforced glass, and rules designed to keep scientists detached and obedient.

Lara breaks the unspoken rule first—by being good at this.
Good enough that people start watching.

Subject 223 doesn’t lash out. He listens. He learns. He speaks her name and treats her boundaries like law… until Lara realizes the real danger isn’t what he can do to her.

It’s what he’s making her want.

And when the glass finally drops—quiet, absolute—the last safe line between researcher and anomaly disappears.

Now Lara has a choice: let them “cure” her of her attraction…
or step closer to the monster who’s been acting like her only ally all along.

Incident 223: Marked by the Plaguebearer is a cozy-creepy romantasy with academic tension, mask-kink intimacy, and forbidden collaboration—perfect for readers who love brilliant women, haunted geniuses, and slow-burn chemistry that turns into open-door heat the second the rules crack beyond repair.

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