Sarah arrived swiftly, drawing blood samples with a frown creasing her forehead.

Beck's heart skipped a beat, his lips pressed tightly together. "Doc, he's gonna be okay, right?"

Sarah turned to the others in the room. "Who gave him the injection?"

Without hesitation, Beck had his men bring Queena in. With lan still unconscious, he dared not lay a finger on her, choosing instead

to keep her detained.

The local police station, where Rachel worked, was clamoring for Queena's return, insisting that a murder suspect should not be

taken away so lightly.

Beck simply brushed off the policewoman's demands and had Queena brought to the hospital.

At first glance, Sarah's pupils shrank.

"Doc, is there something off about her identity?"

"Everyone from the research base is brilliant, even by their standards," Sarah replied.

Beck's demeanor darkened. "What the hell is wrong with lan, then?"

Queena, under guard, let out a sly chuckle, her lips curling into a smirk.

Her expression was one of arrogance and contempt.

"So, Dr. Sarah, you are still alive and remember a nobody like me."

her examination on lan. "He'll live, but the drug this woman fed him is problematic. The

issue, only she knows."

research facility was a haven for geniuses, capable of concocting any drug imaginable.

of their pharmacopeia as research varied by

wait until he wakes up to see the

over Beck, knowing lan's life hung in the balance. But that relief was short-lived as Sarah added, "His

damaged. If he wakes up, he might have the IQ of a toddler. We'll see more

scalp at the thought; better to keep this from Maja

laugh echoed again, her eyes lingering on

man lay still, oblivious

licked her lips, a triumphant tone in her voice.

hell did you

yet she bore no injuries. How could she be

hand going to her temple. "I think I know.

it worthless and abandoned

"What kind of drug?"

human blood to create a substance akin to opium. Anyone fed this drug would quickly becaddicted,

stronger than that of ordinary marijuana. In past trials, subjects would becso desperate

one even bit off his own

she caught Queena's

in the subjects when deprived.

to the provider of the blood. This blood alchemy project was halted because, with so many other drugs under

seems our guest here was part

smile played on Queena's lips, as if she wanted to applaud Sarah's deduction, but her

should praise you for remembering

of the research facility, this was a mere footnote. With countless drugs being developed,

specifics of each?

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