Masked In Nobility: Secrets Of Mrs. Chavez by Selina Gorges

Jay swallowed hard and lifted his head.

He pointed to Yvette, who was sitting, and asked in a shaky, stunned voice, “Marcus, how many methods can be used to verify Experiment No. 1?”

Marcus, his face serious, held up three fingers. “Three. After five years of repeated experiments, we’ve determined there are only three methods.”

Jay wiped the sweat from his brow and shook his head. “No, Marcus, there are five.”

Marcus stood frozen, looking at the excited expression on Jay’s face.

He seemed to have guessed what was going on, and the thought made him feel disoriented.

“In just half an hour, Siren came up with two more methods?” asked Marcus.

Jay looked into Marcus’s eyes, blinked, and swallowed again.

Then he replied, “Yes, at first it was just one, but then during the experiment, another method was discovered.”

Marcus suddenly turned his head, looking at Yvette, who sat with her legs crossed, calmly sipping water.

He finally understood what James meant when he said, “Some people are just born gifted.”

He and Jay were regarded as geniuses out of reach.

But today, he truly grasped the meaning of an unmatched genius.

Completing an experiment in half an hour was already an incredible feat.

Discovering new methods during the experiment and actually succeeding was terrifying.

to recruit Yvette, even Marcus finally understood why the director had gone to such great lengths considering dropping everything to fly to Seacrity.

He used to think the effort was excessive, but now he realized how shortsighted he had been.

Any remaining doubts Marcus had about Yvette being Siren vanished completely.

If he had been even slightly unsure before, now he was 100% convinced.

James overheard their conversation.

He knew that the news of five solutions to Experiment No. I would surely create quite a stir in the physies community.

took another sip of water, her throat slightly hoarse. She pressed her lips

rush. There’s still half an hour left. You can rest a

stood up. “No need. I’d rather get it over with. Jeremiah’s waiting for

with a

them, asking, “Mr. Owens, Siren, what are you two going to

a moment before

time to go over a few problems with the students. Those

conducted the experiment earlier, felt a pang of sympathy for the students

could already foresee their

Of all people, they chose this

this would be

Owens, I’m free too. Mind if

standing beside him, said nothing, but his interest was

didn’t care. “Sure, if you want to

eagerly followed, with Marcus

outer lab, a test paper consisting of twenty questions

and simple, but the others were clearly designed

question was also quite standard: it was

the tough questions that had troubled him

had a feeling that if he didn’t take

things difficult for Yvette, he included a question that posed a real

of four returned to the

who had been writing papers or conducting experiments immediately paused

more people had entered–and realized who

the core lab members

same lab space, core

them was extremely

Jay and Marcus were unmatched.

hoped to be mentored by them, but they

next left everyone

watched in disbelief as Jay personally fetched a soft chair

coffee station, poured a glass of orange juice,

of shock, the outer

sat down on the chair, propping her chin on her

eyes filled with coldness, radiating

Marcus, wearing serious expressions, stood behind her, sending a chill down everyone’s

might mistake Yvette for a mob

one person most familiar with this scene was