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LONG, DELICATE fingers caressed the stem of a wineglass, trailing upward to catch the small beads of the condensation on the glass. A pair of violet eyes stared at her from across the table. The owner of that eyes is surely intimidating. She knew what the woman's doing.
"Waverly Alaia Knight, that's your full name, right?" the woman started tapping her perfectly manicured nails on the table, leaning back as she stared at her. "I heard so much about you ever since I approved your application in our organization." the authority in her voice is trailing off, "I want you to do something for me."
"I'll do it in a heartbeat, Maman if it's your order." Waverly said and glanced at Maman before she continued, "But I want to know first, what is it?"
Maman, that's what everyone calls the head of the organization that she's in. The woman in front of her.
Maman smirked and clasped her hands. "In a heartbeat, huh." she gave an overly dramatic sigh, "I want you to make a very deadly chemical for me."
She tilted her head. "What do you mean by deadly, Maman?" she asked as confusion filled her eyes.
"A love potion." she said as if it's nothing.
Waverly stared at her with her mouth open, speechless. A love potion? That's too impossible to make! The job is too tricky. She wondered if she can really make it. It's close to magic.
Taking her stunned silence as a bad sign, Maman narrowed her eyes and tapped the table using her long nails a little louder. "Is it to hard? Won't you make it for me? I thought you'll do it in a heartbeat if it's my order."
Waverly cleared her throat to hide the fact that she couldn't snap her mouth shut. She took a moment to close her eyes and took a deep breath. "Maman, I'll take it. Just give me at least, let's say, two months." she said in a trailing hurry voice.
This is a big opportunity, she's waiting for her first big project in their organization, and it's surprisingly given to her by the head herself. She can't just decline it.
Maman crossed her arms, glanced at her, and smiled wickedly, a sly emotion is evident in her eyes.
I just hope I won't mess this up.
"It's settled then, I'll see you again after two months, Waverly. When the potion is made, you also need to give me the exact ingredients and procedures of it. Will that be alright?" Maman said in a calming manner, making her relaxed.
Waverly pursed her lips and nodded. "You got it, Maman. I'll see you in two months time." she replied and smiled sheepishly.
Maman, then, smiled at her and stood up. "I'll get going now, Waverly." she slid a business card in Waverly's side. "Call me, when you're ready." she said and left her alone.
Waverly just watch as Maman walks away until she can't see her figure anymore.
A big project is it, Waverly. It's time to show how good you are when it comes to chemicals. But, still. It's already twentieth century and a love potion is still too much.
THE NEXT morning, Waverly awoke on her laboratory's office. The cream-colored ceiling welcomed her sight as soon as she opened her eyes.
She grunted and scratched her eyes. What a morning for her, indeed. Waverly started her morning routine immediately. She still got an appointment with the FBI commander, he called her last night about their still ongoing project together.
She wore a cream paired suit and a black heels, then, she applied light makeup on her face to finish off her look.
She needs to look presentable enough, especially the commander of the FBI isn't a normal citizen. Furthermore, she took a deep breath before she hopped into her car and drove to their meeting place.
After a mind blowing meeting and a project approved last night, now she has to deal and overcome another one.
She arrived at their respective meeting destination. Waverly took a deep breath and composed her self before she stepped out of her car. A valet and a staff immediately assisted her when they saw who she is.
The waitress by the door smiled and greeted her. "Good day, Miss Knight. Mr. Castiel is already waiting for you." she said before slightly bowed at her.
Waverly nodded and walked towards the VIP room where they always have their meeting.
She immediately saw Mr. Castiel having tea with an unknown man beside him.
She approached them and slightly bowed to show her respect. "Mr. Castiel. You got a company, I see." she said and raised her eyebrow.
Their meeting should be kept confidential between only the two of them that's because not everyone knows that she works at the FBI now, especially that she's the one behind the mysterious newest gun power and grenades.
Mr. Castiel nodded at her and motioned her to sit across them, that she did.
"I'm sorry for not informing you about my company today, Ms. Knight." he leaned on the table and clasped his hands, "I'm retiring next week, so you'll be working with my son starting then." he explained and tapped the shoulder of his son.
The man looked at her before standing up. "I'm Harry Castiel, thirty, I'm sorry again for showing up without further notice, Ms. Knight." he said before he took her hand for a handshake that caught her off guard.
She took her hand back and nodded at him.
They immediately started to discuss their plans for the project. Waverly just recently made another chemical that can help the FBI big time,, and it got the commander's attention when she first sent a proposal regarding that.
She named that project: A man's grief.
After explaining the odds and plans of their project, they continued to talk about their future projects until the commander left for an emergency. She is left with his son, Harry, who seemed scared of her from some reason.
"So, you'll be the new commander by next week?" she trailed off, opening a new conversation because she hates awkwardness.
Harry licked his lips before answering her, "Yes, and I guess I'll be working with you from then on." he replied chuckling.
"Why? Do you feel uncomfortable to work with me?" she smirked grimly.
"For some reason, yes. You just give off vibes of "don't mess with me because I can ruin your whole life." he said as he laughs lowly making her stunned.
Waverly shook her head. "Whatever floats your boat, Mr. Castiel. What name would you give our project now, by the way? The one that we discussed a while ago."
"Agony's revenge."
It fits.
She leaned her back on the chair and crossed her arm. A love potion and Agony's revenge. Two opposite chemicals, I just hope it really worked.
CHAPTER ONE “CONGRATULATIONS, Miss Knight. Another job well done.” Waverly flashed a formal smile, before nodding her head. “Thank you, Mr. Castiel.” she murmured. “Miss Knight! Congratulations!” her workmates beamed at her happily. “What do you expect from Waverly? She's a prodigy.” one of the investors said when they got close to her. She smiled humbly, and shook their hands while exchanging greetings. “Aside from that, She's the daughter of Alana and Poseidon Knight.” she heard someone said in their circle. “Oh, my parents are still the best.” she replied, chuckling. After moments of greetings and meeting the other investors, she's now heading towards her team. They smiled at her smugly. “Congrats, doll.” Reysell said, her second
CHAPTER TWO WAVERLY returned to work on her laboratory after the weekend break she had. She sat on her desk and went over her list to do: a. Research for the upgrade of the predator's den.b. Reviewing the ingredients of a man's grief.c. Calculating chemicals for a woman's grief.d. An online meeting with the King of Moravia, her uncle.e. Pick up the new chemicals in the Airport.f. Buy new clothes. Her list is updated every midnight by her butler, that's why she never had to call him. She spent her Monday morning researching and analyzing databases for her first job on the list. The moment her fingers started to type, it was like a speed of light, she was able to make new cryptography that will help them, but she isn't satisfied with what she made so immediately, make a way to do an upgrade. And she succeeded. People was curious
CHAPTER THREEDESHAWN Amias Jenkins, A famous CEO, owner of Jenkins Airlines. He is known for being a notorious businessman, and for being a handsome part-time model. Women lined up for him,, but he's already taken by the beautiful famous actress, Shaira Delgado.He's every woman's dream— Deshawn stopped reading the magazine about him. He didn't know why he agreed to it at the first time.Every woman's dream, my ass.He sighed and called his secretary. “Jeremy, ready my car. I'll meet with someone.” he ordered and hung up the phone.He stood up and left his office. It's already five in the afternoon, he needs to finish his meeting with the new investor from Spain by six because he still needs to fetch his long-time girlfriend, Shaira.He needs to be on time, he can't be late for her or el
CHAPTER FOUR “CAN YOU pass me the new chemicals that arrived today?” Dwayne asked Waverly because his hands are already full of his new tools. Today is a very busy day for them because they'll be testing their new cryptography that Waverly made yesterday. “There you go.” Waverly said as she helped Dwayne with his things. “What are we going to do after the testing, Alaia?” Reysell asked curiously. “I don't actually know, since the testing might take a lot of our time. If we still have at least four to five hours, then, I guess, we should start working with the woman's grief. What do you guys think?” Dwayne pouted. “We can do that, but it will take time too.” he said and heaved a sigh. “How about inventory?” Reysell injected. The three of them exchanged glan
CHAPTER FIVE LUCKY. That's how everyone describes her. At some point, she highly agrees, just like now. She's indeed a lucky one. She just received an invitation to meet the head of Regal Vixens and Serpents organization or also known as RVS. It is a society incorporated organization in which high profiled bachelors and bachelorettes are exclusively entrants. Regal VS is a most sought after exclusive organization in the world. Unlike any other organization out there who's not legal, there are the total opposites. Though, they are known and legal, the leaders of the said organization remained unknown. It's one of the rules. “A love potion.” Maman said to her that she thought she just misheard her. Waverly was expecting for some gun power, advanced medicines, exotic drugs, or tech
CHAPTER SIX“Deshawn.” A voice called him in a distance.He turned his head to see the person who called him, and he saw his best friend, Wave.“Hey.” He greeted and tapped Wave's shoulder.“What are you thinking, D?” Wave asked.Deshawn heaved a deep breath. “Things happened years ago.” he answered.“Stop thinking about those things, D. That person is a narcissistic, they made you believe that no one can accept you and love you because of what they did to you. It's their fault, D. Never yours. Always remember that.” Wave said while clenching his jaw.Every so often, Wave regrets leaving Deshawn alone in the Philippines a few years back. But he knew that he can't turn back time now, so he just decided to be there for his friend who he
CHAPTER SEVENA love potion, Can I really make it happen? Waverly had been asking herself that for a week now.“Hermanita!” sister, Wave, shouted from afar.“What do you want!?” she shouted back.Wave smirked at her. “Can we talk? I need your help with something, actually.”Knowing her big brother, she immediately agreed. Waverly knew how rare it is for her brother to ask for her help that at some point, she sometimes wanted to throw a party whenever Wave asked for her assistance.“So, what's up?”Wave sighed and looked into her eyes. He looks determined. “I talked to mama about the upcoming celebration in the kingdom…” he said in a trailing voice. He bit his lower lip, “I declined her invitation.”
CHAPTER EIGHT“Dwayne, Reysell… I'll see you both soon. I will just take a one-week break from our project and fly to Gothame to meet someone and to research about my other ongoing project.”Waverly wrote on a sticky note and stick it on the front door of their laboratory, so they would notice it.After the talk with witch doctor and her butler last night, she decided to go to Gothame, the biggest country in the world.It was her and the late Queen Aretha's sanctuary place. She thought that maybe she needs to refresh her mind before proceeding to make her impossible chemical.Aside from taking notes about the ingredients of the potion, she also started researching about the antidote that comes up with it.The loud ringing of her phone startled her. Who would call me this early?
CHAPTER TWELVEWaverly is panicking and couldn't help but to walked pacing back and forth in front of Deshawn, who's smiling widely at her.She glared at her brother, who's now doing everything he can to avoid her eyes.“What were you thinking!?” she asked angrily.Wave sighed. “I'm sorry, I thought it was your tea since it was in shaped bottle like how you always keep it.” he explained sheepishly.She shut her eyes distressed. How can I fix this now?Waverly turned to Deshawn and held his face, so she can look into his eyes. “How do you feel right now?” she asked earnestly.“Well, I feel like singing your name.” Deshawn replied, still smiling widely.“Sing my what now?” she asked, frowning.“Your name, Waverly~”
CHAPTER 11On her way to meet Dwayne, Waverly suddenly received a call from her older brother.“Where are you?” Wave asked on the other line.Waverly maneuvered the car into the side of the road before answering him. “Going back to the office, I'm at Fairview now. I was supposed to meet Butter, but she cancelled at the last minute. Why?”“Driving?”“Yep, but I pulled over. Why did you call?”“Can you go here in my office first? I would like you to meet someone.” Wave said hesitantly.She frowned at her brother's tone. “Is it finally a girlfriend? You sounded a little nervous.” she chuckled, teasing him.“Haha, very funny. It's not a girlfriend, but it's someone important.”Waverly checked the time. It
CHAPTER TENChallenge.The first time she successfully made a chemical, it was her grandfather's birthday.Everyone was so happy and proud of her, especially her father, who's a chemist. She's only nine at that time, very young.Since then, she always stayed by her father's side and side by side, they invented chemicals that is now known in the world and still leading the list.“How was it?” Dwayne and Rey asked. They looked at her with excitement.The glint of happiness on their faces are very hard to missed. “What do you think?” she asked.She raised a bottle that she had been working on for the past two months. No one physically saw her in those months because she locked herself in her personal laboratory.For her to be able to finished it.&
CHAPTER NINEIt's the fourteenth day of Waverly's stay in Gothame. She had to prolong her stay because of an important matter. After meeting Faina, they planned things about the war going on, Moravia.Dwayne and Reysell took care of their projects, and she's impressed. They were able to find something new about the man's grief.The two are already rushing her to come back home because they were being summoned by the president. He wanted to talk about the counterpart of their project: the woman's grief.Waverly's phone vibrated. She clicked Dwayne's message.Dwayney:When will you go home?She chuckled at his message. It's his forty-fourth message to her, and all of them are the same question.Waverly:Soon, Dwayney. Why?Dwayney:What do you mean? Rey already told you, rig
CHAPTER EIGHT“Dwayne, Reysell… I'll see you both soon. I will just take a one-week break from our project and fly to Gothame to meet someone and to research about my other ongoing project.”Waverly wrote on a sticky note and stick it on the front door of their laboratory, so they would notice it.After the talk with witch doctor and her butler last night, she decided to go to Gothame, the biggest country in the world.It was her and the late Queen Aretha's sanctuary place. She thought that maybe she needs to refresh her mind before proceeding to make her impossible chemical.Aside from taking notes about the ingredients of the potion, she also started researching about the antidote that comes up with it.The loud ringing of her phone startled her. Who would call me this early?
CHAPTER SEVENA love potion, Can I really make it happen? Waverly had been asking herself that for a week now.“Hermanita!” sister, Wave, shouted from afar.“What do you want!?” she shouted back.Wave smirked at her. “Can we talk? I need your help with something, actually.”Knowing her big brother, she immediately agreed. Waverly knew how rare it is for her brother to ask for her help that at some point, she sometimes wanted to throw a party whenever Wave asked for her assistance.“So, what's up?”Wave sighed and looked into her eyes. He looks determined. “I talked to mama about the upcoming celebration in the kingdom…” he said in a trailing voice. He bit his lower lip, “I declined her invitation.”
CHAPTER SIX“Deshawn.” A voice called him in a distance.He turned his head to see the person who called him, and he saw his best friend, Wave.“Hey.” He greeted and tapped Wave's shoulder.“What are you thinking, D?” Wave asked.Deshawn heaved a deep breath. “Things happened years ago.” he answered.“Stop thinking about those things, D. That person is a narcissistic, they made you believe that no one can accept you and love you because of what they did to you. It's their fault, D. Never yours. Always remember that.” Wave said while clenching his jaw.Every so often, Wave regrets leaving Deshawn alone in the Philippines a few years back. But he knew that he can't turn back time now, so he just decided to be there for his friend who he
CHAPTER FIVE LUCKY. That's how everyone describes her. At some point, she highly agrees, just like now. She's indeed a lucky one. She just received an invitation to meet the head of Regal Vixens and Serpents organization or also known as RVS. It is a society incorporated organization in which high profiled bachelors and bachelorettes are exclusively entrants. Regal VS is a most sought after exclusive organization in the world. Unlike any other organization out there who's not legal, there are the total opposites. Though, they are known and legal, the leaders of the said organization remained unknown. It's one of the rules. “A love potion.” Maman said to her that she thought she just misheard her. Waverly was expecting for some gun power, advanced medicines, exotic drugs, or tech
CHAPTER FOUR “CAN YOU pass me the new chemicals that arrived today?” Dwayne asked Waverly because his hands are already full of his new tools. Today is a very busy day for them because they'll be testing their new cryptography that Waverly made yesterday. “There you go.” Waverly said as she helped Dwayne with his things. “What are we going to do after the testing, Alaia?” Reysell asked curiously. “I don't actually know, since the testing might take a lot of our time. If we still have at least four to five hours, then, I guess, we should start working with the woman's grief. What do you guys think?” Dwayne pouted. “We can do that, but it will take time too.” he said and heaved a sigh. “How about inventory?” Reysell injected. The three of them exchanged glan