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.

hoarse. She pressed her lips together and said in a

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

it over with. Jeremiah’s waiting for

had it been ft with a wave of affection. “Alright

Jay, seeing them about to leave, hurried to stop them, asking, “Mr. Owens, Siren, what are you

a moment

Those outside the core lab aren’t convinced of her abilities, so

had calmly and effortlessly conducted the experiment earlier, felt a pang of sympathy for the students

already foresee their brutal

people, they chose this master? Clearly, they’ve grown too comfortable and

sparkled with curiosity. Missing this would be a blow

I’m free too. Mind if

said nothing, but his

want to

followed, with

test paper

was relatively standard and simple, but the others were clearly designed to be

was

meticulously organized the tough questions that had troubled him

if he didn’t take this seriously, he might regret

difficult for Yvette, he included a question that posed a

by Yvette, the group of

opened, the people who had been writing papers or conducting experiments immediately paused what they were

more people had

the core lab members

lab space, core

them was

and Marcus were

member hoped to be mentored by them, but they had only taken on a handful

next left everyone even more

as Jay personally fetched a soft

that the ever–stoic and stern Marcus quietly went to the coffee station,

escalated into new levels of shock, the outer lab members were left

on the chair, propping her chin on her

room with her bright eyes filled with

and Marcus, wearing serious expressions, stood behind her, sending

better might mistake

most familiar with this scene