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.]

gaze dropped; she clenched the paper tightly in

who sent this was not the same mysterious texter

who could it

Suddenly, she smirked.

outside world, that old coot was

to see if she

she pulled out her phone and

for Twitter, but Matthew had insisted it was the rage and would not stop nagging until

since signing up, just letting it sit

gradually become a public figure, and

from the same master were the first to get the

were clueless, they knew there was only one person in the world who could

bucks, unpaid

he had faked his death, leaving them grieving

call for payment, it was clear the old man was grandstanding

miss out on helping Vivienne

nine tweeted, echoing

the nine, were baffled, wondering

Leopold

account for Finnian and tagged him in a post, [Master, a

sent their followers into a

What was going on?

dodging

job nowadays would cover

began to retweet and tag

Leopold's tweet, the other

was the first to message the group, [Holy smokes! Leopold, you've got

Leopold! I support you. Keep it

for you

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

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? If we don't push, when will he show up?] Jerry:

time. We stand with Vivienne and must stand up for

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