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!"

No escaping it, after

not

with my analysis?" Anna

time you encounter

of relief. Noticing Brody poring over diagrams, she commented, "I expected an old man, at least middle-aged, but he's barely older than Husky!" Vivienne was curious, too. Brody was

sat beside him.

in mouth, did not look up. "Nope. Fifteen years ago, I botched an experiment, face full of it. Woke up looking

eyebrow-an elixir

Brody looked up. "I've got it! The previous dosage was too

the lab, cluttered

potion in Brody's hand, a

Vivienne,

shook her head. "What he knows doesn't

echoed from the

routine to the others—there was

jotted down some formulas, left them for Brody,

got a text

Griffin. Miss

played on Vivienne's

[Miss you too. On my

witnessing it 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 refined her original concepts, heightening

Vivienne

open, and

and Leopold stayed

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