Sarah comforted her once again at this crucial moment.

"Don't worry about it. As long as I remember the procedure, you just need to follow my lead. But try to keep it cool, will you? Mr.

March is right over there watching, and you wouldn't want to make a bad impression, would you?"

If Lingery hadn't been there, Queena would have definitely suspected something off about Sarah. But with Lingery standing close

by, his face so strikingly similar to lan's, it was too much for her to handle the emotions.

She couldn't help but steal glances his way. Hearing Sarah's reassuring words, Queena felt a wave of relief wash over her.

"I got it. I'll follow your lead."

Sarah lowered her gaze, continuing to add the chemicals to the mixture. But as she was about to make the final addition, Queena

grabbed her hand firmly.

With a subtle lift of her eyebrows, Sarah looked up at Queena.

It had only been half an hour since her last warning to Queena, and now it was seven in the evening. The sky held onto the last

streaks of a sunset.

Queena's grip on her wrist tightened, her tone resolute.

"Doctor, I've been at this research base for years. I may not know as much about these compounds as you, but I'm also considered

These concoctions of yours, they're not meant to keep Fitch in a

as she finished speaking, Lingery glanced

test tube, her face darkening, "I could make

wrong. Doctor, something's definitely off

steps, a grave look

a few trinkets this morning, and since then,

the

deepen the trance?"

formidable hypnotist; he had hypnotized Sarah to get her

down his cup of tea, a smile playing on his

have any slip-ups."

the drawer in question, but its contents were

"She must have moved them! She's been acting strange today, using the

Fitch will

to

"Hypnotize her again."

than Sarah tried to run. Queena grabbed her, her voice filled

she was off! Quick, do it

onto Sarah's throat. Sarah felt her oxygen supply plummet, the world spinning

out.

her faint; he quickly reinforced the

delay, however, cost them an hour. When Sarah's eyes fluttered open again, the intense agitation in

She looked at Queena.

head high, triumphant, "Doctor, you're awake. Get up and let's

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