Sorcha Byrne and her twin used to love mythology when they were little. Their parents will tell them stories about the different gods and goddesses, and naturally, her twin brother's favorite is the King of the Gods, Zeus. But she was more drawn to...
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CHAPTER 18: CONTRACT
SORCHA'S POV
"It's unique."
"Po?"
Nilingon ko si Daze na siyang kasama ko sa laboratory. He's in full gear, and he's covered from head to toe.
"I'm not talking to you."
I can see the hint of a smile behind the mask he's wearing. "Okay po."
I rolled my hands at his "politeness". Kanina ko pa kasi siyang umaga sinisupladahan at alam ko na alam niya na dahil iyon sa mga naganap kahapon. Specifically because of that almost kiss.
It's a good thing that he wasn't in the office yesterday. Pumasok pa rin kasi ako kahapon kahit na hindi naman kailangan kasi off ko. Hindi ko nga lang sinabi kay Daze kaya nagkaroon ako ng buong araw para palalimin ang pagkainis ko sa kaniya.
I have someone on my side too this time. Kung si Daze may spy sa Dagger ay ako naman ay may sarili ring kakampi. I told his manager to keep him off the phone for the day and to not allow him to go anywhere.
Daze tilts his head to the side when I just keep looking at him. Inismidan ko siya at ibinalik ko na ang atensyon ko sa ginagawa ko. I'm currently analyzing the results of the various tests that I put the samples through since yesterday.
"The samples produced a unique absorption spectrum. There's also a consistent retention time during chromatography." Hinubad ko ang suot ko na guwantes at pinalitan ko iyon. I fired up the toxicology database. "It showed different characteristics when exposed to reagents, but it's the unique fragmentation pattern during the tandem mass spectrometry that says more than anything. It produced a set of fragment ions that are not typical for other poisons. Combining that with the symptoms identified at the state of her body..."
I was tracking line by line of the details in front of me. My gaze was sharp and focused, despite the rapid movement of information on the screen.
Pressing a key halted the movement on the screen. Nag-angat ako ng tingin at dumiretso ang mga mata ko sa kinaroroonan ng security camera na nandito sa loob ng laboratory. "It's strychnine."
There's always someone in the control room, especially when I'm in the laboratory analyzing. By now, Axel Dawson must be notifying his brothers about what I identified from the analysis.
"Let's go," I told Daze.
"Yes, Ma'am."
Lumabas kami ng laboratory at mabilis na inalis ko ang suot ko na gear. When I turned to Daze, I found him doing the same thing at the slowest pace.
Napapabuntong-hininga na nilapitan ko siya at tinulungan ko na siya bago pa kami abutin ng siyam-siyam sa ginagawa niya. Wala namang reklamo na nagpaubaya siya at idinipa niya pa ang mga kamay niya na parang isang willing sacrifice.
