Brian tucked away Mr. B's portrait. Despite having a target worth ten times more than Brody's, losing the cash hurt, no matter how he sliced it.
But Brody was already buried in the schematics of a potion, oblivious to the ruins around him.
His sole focus was concocting the antidote to make the Specter Healer concede defeat.
"Vivienne, he isn't faking it, is he?" Brian asked, uneasy.
If Brody bolted again, finding him again would not be a walk in the park.
Vivienne's lips curved slightly. "No chance."
Brody was obsessed with medicine; once hooked, it was tough to pull him out.
His greatest adversary was her.
He had spent half his life trying to best her.
Now, why would he not be thrilled with a golden opportunity and Brian out of his hair?
Furthermore, staying put meant he could concentrate totally on his research.
Brian sighed. "Vivienne, what about my money?"
Vivienne glanced at him. "After all this, you'll get Brody's bounty."
Money, money, money. Were all her associates so greedy?
Brian chuckled. "Alright, Vivienne, I'm off the..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Vivienne kicked him into the lab. "Clean this mess first!"
scratched his head. No escaping it,
and Brody had not wrecked, Anna deciphered the
I right with my analysis?" Anna handed her
it. "Yep, next time you encounter a toxin like this, you'll crack
least middle-aged, but he's barely older than Husky!" Vivienne was
beside him. "Been
Fifteen years ago, I botched an experiment, face
eyebrow-an elixir of
it! The previous dosage was
dashed into the lab, cluttered
the potion in Brody's hand, a new
"Ms. Vivienne, what does
shook her head. "What he knows doesn't matter, but his test tube's gonna
a boom echoed from the
routine to the others—there was always a few per
some formulas, left them for Brody, and
Vivienne got a text
news from Griffin. Miss you. Hurry
smile played on Vivienne's lips, tender only
[Miss you too. On my
all,
Oh, the drama!
At Griffin's house.
documents lay before Griffin, all about a new bomb, interspersed with her own research papers. She had
and Vivienne
open, and they
stayed
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