A Beauty With Multiple Masks

Arielle knew they would not easily believe her, especially since she had deliberately revealed many talents. However, it was their suspicion she required as that was the only way she could convince them and become one of them.

“The salary is attractive, but I don’t like the work,” Arielle said in a level voice as she gazed at the professor. “I prefer something more challenging. That is why I submitted my resumé without a second thought when I saw that you were hiring. I am especially interested in your research and would like to join you in taking up this challenge.”

“You enjoy research?” Torsten asked, gaping at Arielle.

If she really is an innocent researcher enamored with our work, I might even be able to recruit an apprentice.

“Yes, I especially enjoy research,” Arielle said with a smile. “I have always wanted to know if dogs could survive if their heads were swapped, so I bought two dogs to conduct this experiment at home. To my surprise, both dogs died.”

As she spoke, Arielle recalled her competition with Abraham, in which she had forfeited the match as she could not bear to raise a hand in cruelty.

“Do you know what our research is about?” Torsten asked.

her head. It was not because she was unclear.

“You will know soon…”

the table and handed it to her. “By the way, you are not allowed to bring your phone

knew it would not be easy to gain admission into their inner circle. She took the phone and returned to her room. The first thing she did upon returning was sending Vinson a text telling him

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unlocked his phone at once at the sound of the

a single omission ever since arriving there. As she had gone into great detail, he was not as worried about her as

wrote, “What about the kid? When shall

to wait until the rest of the children were brought together to rescue all of them at once and catch the people conducting

curled into a smile when she finished reading

too, had had

already healthy child appear the opposite. It is only