Tom raised his hand, signaling the squad to advance.

The crew approached the villa at a measured pace.

Vivienne and Percival lagged behind, letting the first wave take point before ambushing, quickly followed by the second. It wasn't long before the villa was surrounded.

Inside the villa.

Samantha's eyes snapped open, her hand instinctively touching her face. Sensing something amiss, she bolted up and strode to the mirror. Her eyebrows knitted tightly together at her reflection. Her face was etched with wrinkles. Her skin was aging rapidly.

"Damn it!" she cursed, slamming her palm down on the wooden desk, which splintered under the force. "Another failure."

She had slept all day, yet the lines on her face hadn't softened. ST-1 couldn't stave off her aging.

At this rate, she would die before getting what she wanted.

Samantha composed herself, then dialed a number on her phone.

"Didn't I say no calls unless it's urgent?" a gruff voice snapped from the other end, clearly irked.

Ignoring his tone, Samantha went straight to the point. "Time to develop a new drug. ST-1 isn't cutting it. I think we can start by..."

She stopped mid-sentence, bolting to the window. Seeing the siege outside, her expression darkened.

"What's going on?" the man demanded.

"I've been made."

"Idiot!" he barked.

voice. "Save your insults. Better

useless," the man scolded, but Samantha cut him off with a

direction. If you don't save me, you can kiss your desires

time. She had evaded capture before, using her tech savvy, but if Vivienne was so prepared that she could not even notice the siege beforehand, her options

man on the other side of the call remained silent as if he were contemplating whether it was worth

quite some time, the man finally said

relief silently, turning back to the

Percival were at the villa's front, and someone was

to blow up the place, she

had clearly

cloak the area behind an illusionary

as she grabbed an

she contemplated her next move, the door burst

and Percival stood

"Didn't expect you to be first.

because of her running earlier, a few strands of

needed to handle

think you can take me?" Samantha taunted

smile was

and beauty, recovered quickly. "Let's

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