Astrid chuckled dryly.

Mature enough?

If leaked, the research material in the lab would send shock waves around the globe.

Yet, in Vivienne's words, it was merely mature enough?

Astrid glanced at her and asked, "So, you agree to stay in the lab?"

Vivienne nodded. "Yeah."

Astrid breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "Thanks, Vivienne. I really appreciate you agreeing to be part of this experiment. Our progress will surely skyrocket now." Vivienne did not respond. Instead, she turned her gaze to the car window, watching the streetlights fall, and a slow smile spread across her lips.

After dropping Vivienne off at home, Astrid did not go upstairs. Instead, she turned the car around and drove away.

In the back seat lay the experimental data Vivienne had revised that day.

Returning home, Dorian and Cordelia were already asleep, and even though the light was on in Thaddeus' room, he was sound asleep, too. Vivienne switched off Thaddeus' light and entered her own room.

The moment she opened the door, her steps faltered, her eyes sharpening instantly.

A chill ran through her as she looked towards the window - a piece of paper was wedged in the crack.

This was the twenty-third floor; unless it was an inside job, this kind of infiltration was extraordinary!

She was sure that apart from Dorian's family, no one else was here.

Obviously, she was dealing with a pro!

She walked over and pulled out the paper.

The message was a mishmash of newspaper cutouts, and crooked letters forming a single line.

[The TCL Lab.]

she clenched the paper

person who sent this was not the same

who could

Suddenly, she smirked.

outside world, that

was it? Did he want to see if she

out her phone and opened Twitter, posting one simple

it

it since signing

a public figure, and her Twitter followers

nine 'brothers' from the same master were the

only one person in the

thousand bucks, unpaid

since he had faked his death, leaving them grieving

Vivienne's public call for payment, it was

miss out on

all nine tweeted, echoing

of the nine, were baffled, wondering who owed

fans asked who owed her, only Leopold replied

account for Finnian and tagged him in a post, [Master, a grand isn't a fortune. Time to settle

sent their

What was going on?

dodging a

nowadays

retweet and tag

tweet, the other disciples

message the group, [Holy smokes! Leopold, you've got guts! Aren't you afraid the master will

one, Leopold! I support you.

[I'll mourn for

[What's there to fear? A man's gotta have backbone! Just

tweeting right now, hounding the old man to pay! Isn't Vivienne's happiness

unreliable, but he's spot-on this time. We stand with Vivienne and must stand

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