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

this was not the same mysterious texter

could

Suddenly, she smirked.

fill of the outside world, that old coot was

to see if she

out her phone and opened

Twitter, but Matthew had insisted it was the rage and would

it since signing up, just

had gradually become a public figure, and her Twitter followers had grown. She had about a million

from the same

they knew there was only one person

bucks,

his death, leaving them

Vivienne's public call for payment, it was clear the

out on helping

tweeted, echoing

of the nine, were baffled, wondering who owed

Leopold replied seriously, "The debtor is our

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

sent their followers into a

What was going on?

dodging

nowadays

retweet

tweet, the other disciples were

smokes! Leopold, you've got guts! Aren't you afraid

Leopold! I support you. Keep it

mourn for

fear? A man's gotta have backbone! Just

all, scaredy-cats! Did Vivienne treat you right for nothing? It's her hard-earned money the old man owes. Aren't we supposed to help her get it back? If I were you, I'd be tweeting right now, hounding the old man to pay! Isn't Vivienne's happiness worth more than your little troubles? Besides, who knows where that old

this time. We stand with Vivienne and must stand up for

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