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

issue, only she knows."

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

scope of their pharmacopeia as research varied

wait until he wakes up

Beck, knowing lan's life hung in the balance. But that relief was short-lived

might have the IQ of a

the thought; better to keep

eyes lingering on

still, oblivious to her

her lips, a triumphant tone in her voice. "You can't

hell did

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

temple. "I think I know. There

deemed it worthless

"What kind of drug?"

to opium. Anyone fed this

a thousand times stronger than that of ordinary marijuana. In past trials, subjects would becso

fix that one even bit off

grew grim as she caught Queena's smug, knowing

inducing agitation in the subjects

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

here was part of that

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

should praise you for remembering

facility, this was a mere footnote. With

specifics of each?

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