Chapter 382: Wednesday. Mlilo Animal Reserve, South Africa.

Before Paxton could answer the bike zipped forward. He found the pegs for his feet and held onto the underside of his seat as Coco pushed the bike faster, only pausing to enter the code to admit them to their destination.

The conservation part of the park was located in the old resort area. What he'd read online had impressed him. The operations side of the resort had moved into the old, main building. They'd opened up research facilities for different teams on the grounds, allowing several studies to be conducted at once. Most animals inhabiting this part were temporary patients on the road to recovery and re-release. Those animals that couldn't be released were kept until a suitable new home could be lined up. It was all rather impressive.

Here lights chased away the shadows. There weren't any people around, unlike earlier when it had been bustling with activity.

Coco steered them toward a cinderblock building with a corrugated metal roof just like any other set of buildings. The