I was supposed to be saving lives… Not falling in love with my coworkers… After one last mission, I was told I could retire and remain on Destima as a researcher if I so chose... But the Stars had other plans for me. I have been urgently recalled to my base for an emergency to save those whom I have grown great respect for. I have recruited help from the Circuli healers, but something about them is calling to me, making it hard for me to separate work from leisure. Unable to resist their temptation any more, we have formed a clan with only one goal in mind: FIND THE CURE. Now, it’s a race against their biological clocks whether I can save my Beacon’s nestmates. I hope they will still be alive whenever SHE returns. Scaled Heart is the second novella in a companion side series to Project: Adapt, following along its timeline and does NOT stand alone. Each story will feature a different heroine finding love where they least expect it and enhance the overall universe timeline.