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 hand, continuing her examination on lan. "He'll live, but the drug this

issue, only she knows."

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

of the full scope of their pharmacopeia as research

have to wait until he wakes up to see

knowing lan's life hung in the balance. But

IQ of

tingle of dread crawled across Beck's scalp at the thought; better to keep this from

again, her eyes lingering

still, oblivious to her

her voice. "You can't

sharpened. "What the hell did you poison

pale, clearly anemic, yet she bore no injuries. How could she

hand going to her temple. "I think I know. There was a drug developed at the facility.

it worthless and abandoned

"What kind of drug?"

akin to opium. Anyone

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

fix that one even bit off

grew grim as she caught

own blood, inducing agitation in the subjects when deprived. The subjects would then only

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

trivial. It seems our guest here was part

Queena's lips, as if she wanted to applaud

Sarah, I should praise you for

vast expanse of the research facility, this was a mere footnote. With countless drugs

specifics of each?

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