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.

of water, her throat slightly hoarse. She pressed her lips together and said in

still half an hour left. You

“No need. I’d rather get it over

been ft with a

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

paused for a moment before waving his

Yvette to take some time to go over a few problems with the students. Those outside the core lab aren’t convinced

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

could already foresee their brutal

thought, ‘Who could they possibly challenge? Of all people, they chose this master? Clearly, they’ve grown too comfortable and

curiosity. Missing this would be

“Mr. Owens, I’m free too. Mind

nothing, but

didn’t care. “Sure, if you want to

eagerly followed, with

a test paper consisting of twenty

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

it was Spencer, who had

questions that had troubled him

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

make things difficult for Yvette, he

of four

been writing papers or

had entered–and realized who they

why the core lab members

same lab space, core

them

and Marcus were

be mentored by them, but they had only taken on a handful of

left

Jay personally fetched

shocking was that the ever–stoic and stern Marcus quietly went to the coffee station, poured a glass of orange juice, and placed it on the desk

levels of shock, the outer lab members were left in a state

chair,

with her bright eyes filled

Marcus, wearing serious expressions, stood behind her, sending

didn’t know better might mistake Yvette

most familiar with