Just outside, away from the festivities, Neve stood by a doorway, her presence as quiet as a shadow.She had plotted and schemed for ages, and at last, she had taken down Yondu and seized control of the Ferguson Group.Lia's son was just a pawn in her game. She liquidated the Ferguson Group at light
Helma watched Neve with a frosty stare. It was just a needle. If she could not dodge that, all her training would have been for nothing.The next second, a loud bang echoed.Cole stood in the doorway, his smoking gun in hand. The bullet had torn through Neve's wrist, nearly shattering her hand.As t
"What are you going to..."Words failed Neve as darkness took her; the blood loss was too much."Pathetic," the man muttered, his lone eye betraying annoyance. Nevertheless, he hoisted her up.He made a quick escape down a rope outside the window, slipped into a black car, and vanished into the nigh
The downfall of the LEV International Terrorist Organization, his eye—it was all Helma's doing.He was going to make her pay for everything.Neve felt a shiver of fear at the intensity of his hatred. It was quickly replaced by a rush of exhilaration. The thought of having a powerful ally and getting
In Forest Park, Helma lounged in her comfy pajamas on the plush carpet, giggling as she played with little Smiley. The toddler's babbling was so adorable it could make anyone burst into laughter."Mommy!""Yep?""Mommy, mommy!""Yep!""Mommy, kiss."With a joyful squeal, Smiley dove into Helma's arm
Wrapping his arms around Helma, he pulled her close, his voice a low rumble, "It doesn't matter where she is or what she's planning. I won't let her get the chance to hurt any of you."Smiley, squished in the middle, wondered what they were talking about. He did not understand them at all!He did no
"Up and at 'em?" Cole's eyes twinkled with mischief as he asked, "How was your sleep last night?""Terrible, thanks!" Helma snapped, her voice laced with frustration. She could practically hear her teeth grinding.Cole, feigning deafness, continued with his plans: "I've found us a new nanny. She'll
"I'm still digging into who's running the show at Talon. They're like a ghost—super secretive. My sources only picked up on them because they work a lot like LEV used to.""Get this," Andrew continued, the mood turning grim, "since Neve pulled her vanishing act, Talon's practically taken over half o
With everyone else keeping mum, Silver Obsidian cut to the chase, "We'll go with Helma's plan."For six months straight, Serena had practically lived in the lab. At first, Starlight Blossom did not seem to do much. Everyone was on edge, wondering if it would make any difference at all. Then, in the
During her month off, Helma took a break from the daily preschool runs and whisked her kids away on a travel spree.The trip was not without its scares—Serena had a severe bout of illness.Helma was prepared, yet the sudden severity of the attack caught her off guard.Without a second thought, she r
Under the questioning eyes of the crowd, Helma fired up her laptop and plugged in a USB stick.The video started playing on the massive screen.The timestamp in the corner showed it was from two nights ago.Usually, the lab was locked up tight after hours, and by eight or nine, the research center w
Hort watched her walk away, a storm of emotions on his face.Ever since she joined the research center, he had seen Wendy as this super-capable girl with a heart of gold.Whenever the team hit a wall with the experiments or the data just would not play nice, Wendy was the one who would spark up the
The poor thing's symptoms were straight out of a horror flick: muscles clenching like crazy, nerves on fire, bleeding inside, gasping for air, and foaming at the mouth. Some of them even had their hearts stop cold turkey.According to the timeline, the rat had been juiced up with three rounds of Sta
With the report out of the way, the experiment team kicked things into high gear to wrap up their project.The meticulously calculated data was in, and the verdict was clear: Starlight Blossom's effects were rock-solid stable. The only thing left for the lab mice was one final shot.The brain trust
"Come on, you think the boss is scatterbrained like you? Someone totally did this on purpose!" "Who would do something that evil?!" "Guess we're gonna have to push back the presentation." Everyone looked like they had lost their best friend, except Wendy. She had this worried frown, but her eyes w
After pulling two all-nighters, Helma had the report materials ready to go.The research center was deserted.She stretched, yawned, and glanced at the clock. One AM.She powered down her computer and left, still yawning.Once she was gone, a sneaky figure slipped into the office...Deputy Commander
Helma had tried to get the scoop from Leon, but the guy was like Fort Knox—nothing useful ever slipped out. Therefore, she backed off from the matchmaking game. Still, she was not blind to Wendy's little crush, especially with errands like these document deliveries. "You got it, boss," Wendy replied