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

person who sent this was not the same mysterious

could it

Suddenly, she smirked.

his fill of the outside world, that old coot

was it? Did he want to see if she had

she pulled out her phone and opened Twitter, posting one simple tweet, [Pay

up for Twitter, but Matthew had insisted it was

not used it since signing up, just letting it

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

her nine 'brothers' from the same master were the first to

was only one person in the world

thousand bucks, unpaid for

had faked his death, leaving them

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

how could they miss out on helping Vivienne collect

tweeted, echoing

as well as those of the nine, were baffled, wondering who owed her money

who owed her, only Leopold replied seriously, "The

for Finnian and tagged him in a

their followers

What was going on?

master dodging a

job nowadays

Vivienne's followers began to retweet

tweet, the other disciples

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

I support you. Keep it

for

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

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 guy is enjoying his life?

used to be unreliable, but he's spot-on this time. We stand with Vivienne and must stand up for

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