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!"

head. No escaping it,

equipment Brian and Brody had not wrecked, Anna deciphered the mystery of

with my analysis?" Anna handed her report to

encounter

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

sat beside him.

ago, I

an eyebrow-an elixir of immortality by

got it! The previous dosage was too low. A bit more, and the potion

dashed into the lab, cluttered with vials of

the potion in Brody's hand,

"Ms. Vivienne,

her head. "What he knows doesn't matter, but his test

a boom echoed from the

the others—there was always

jotted down some formulas, left them for Brody,

way, Vivienne got a

Griffin. Miss you.

on Vivienne's lips, tender

[Miss you too.

it all, covered her

Oh, the drama!

At Griffin's house.

bomb, interspersed with her own

and Vivienne

open,

stayed outside as

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