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."

lan. "He'll live, but the drug this woman fed

issue, only she knows."

facility was a haven for geniuses, capable of concocting any drug imaginable. Even after years

unaware of the full scope of their pharmacopeia as

wakes

hung in the balance. But that relief

If he wakes up, he might have the IQ of

crawled across Beck's scalp at the thought; better to keep this from Maja

eyes lingering

still, oblivious to

lips, a triumphant tone in her voice. "You

sharpened. "What the hell

clearly anemic, yet she bore no injuries. How could

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

worthless and

"What kind of drug?"

create a substance akin to opium. Anyone fed this

thousand times stronger than that of ordinary marijuana. In past trials,

bit off his

as she caught Queena's smug, knowing

their own blood, inducing agitation in the

the blood. This blood alchemy project was halted because,

trivial. It seems our guest here was part of

played on Queena's lips, as if she wanted to applaud Sarah's

Sarah, I should praise you

the research facility, this was a mere footnote. With countless

specifics of each?

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