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.

throat slightly hoarse. She pressed her lips together and said in a flat tone,

rush. There’s still half an hour

stood up. “No need. I’d rather get it over with.

it been ft with a wave of

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

moment

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

had calmly and effortlessly conducted the experiment earlier,

already foresee their

possibly challenge? Of all people, they chose this master? Clearly, they’ve grown too comfortable and are now

eyes sparkled with curiosity. Missing this would be

Owens, I’m free too. Mind if

nothing, but his interest was

“Sure, if you want to watch,”

followed, with Marcus

a test paper consisting

relatively standard and simple, but the

was Spencer, who

meticulously organized the tough questions that had troubled him

feeling that if he didn’t

make things difficult for Yvette, he included a question

group of four

been writing papers or conducting experiments immediately paused what they were

more people had entered–and realized who they were–everyone was

puzzled about why the

shared the same lab space,

them was

statuses of Jay and Marcus were unmatched.

mentored by them, but they had only taken on a

next left everyone even

Jay personally fetched a

to the coffee station, poured a glass of orange juice, and placed it

of shock, the outer lab

the chair,

bright eyes filled with

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

didn’t know better might mistake Yvette for a

familiar with