The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 71

The lab crew were all whiz kids Noella plucked from the brink of the international warzones. Their IQs had been cranked up to the maximum humans could handle. They rattled off the experimental data Noella needed in under five minutes.

“Boss, I’m gonna run a control experiment on Mirage Grass, see what ailments it really kicks. butt against.

Noella skimmed the data and quickly zeroed in on the vital clue. “Highly likely it’s brain cancer. Half an hour later, the control experiment results were in, and Mirage Grass was a

game–changer for brain cancer but only had side effects like an anesthetic or hallucinogen for other diseases.

It was a godsend for patients with screwy minds, or who had been under mental duress for ages, but for those with their heads screwed on right, it was pure poison.

“Boss, how the heck did you figure that out? That’s just nuts; you’re even smarter than us!”

“Set up the new experiment. I need five hundred slides.”

Five hundred slides meant Phecda and Megrez were in for hours of hustle, but they didn’t utter a peep and got cracking, seamlessly working in sync with Noella to carry out the experiment methodically.

After finishing up in the lab, Noella stepped out to find night had fallen–it wasn’t early by any stretch.

She then remembered she had promised Ulrich she would swing by his lab that afternoon. She had blown it off, and Ulrich must’ve been blowing up her phone.

She pulled out her phone, and sure enough, there were twenty missed calls and a barrage of over fifty messages.

[Sis, where you at?]

[Got caught up in something? Hit me back when you see this!]

Noella quickly dialed back, chatting with Ulrich as she made her way to a car parked at the curb and hopped in.

“Ulrich, I got tied up this afternoon; it totally slipped my mind to tell you. I’m with Palmer now, be home in a jiff.”

Hearing her voice nearly brought Ulrich to tears!

“Alright, as long as you’re safe. I was scared you got nabbed by aliens or something! Next time, give me a heads up, okay?”

11:14

“Got it.”

so distracted he nearly stitched up Noella’s name. If it weren’t for worrying about

car, only putting them

I’ll take you to dinner, then

of contracts by Palmer’s hand. “Why are you working in the car? Your company

Just wanted to make sure you had a ride when you got out, so

you.”

City than in the international warzones, and Noella didn’t

you know I was

with it. “Since you agreed to Thorpe’s request, you’d definitely be researching Mirage Grass. If not at Ulrich’s lab, then here. The gear I sent over is

the geniuses didn’t trust anyone but Noella, and they wouldn’t touch the equipment unless they were sure it

was their experiments were so frequent that regular machines just couldn’t take the high–load

setup was perfect for Lunar

into the city center and asked, “President, which restaurant are

to?”

to him, draped in his suit jacket, her head tilted slightly, fast asleep. In the dim night, her sleeping face was exceptionally peaceful and

brain–draining and tough on the heart; she

assassin could only mean she truly trusted him now! Palmer’s

need, straight back

“Roger that.”

11:14

Chapter 71

Schnabel Manor in Serene Haven, Palmer scooped up the snoozing

at her folks, leaving only Stirling

script” but his eyes kept darting to the door, the same spot in the script stared at all night, without even a

Palmer carry in Noella, Stirling leaped up

with

room? I’ll

all defensive, hand outstretched. “No need to trouble you,

wake

signs of handing Noella over, a faint smile on his face as he faced Stirling. but his words were filled with a no–arguments

warned, “Alright, I’ll show you. But

with Noella in his arms,

jam, but the place was still chock–full of gifts from the four Schnabel brothers and a ton of plushies that Elara snagged – the girly vibes were