The mavericks carried the triplets’ bodies out of the lab. On his way out with them, Greg said, “Finish up, Alissa. We’ll wait for you outside. Make it quick.”

“As you wish, Your Grace.” Arson Arden embraced the name given to her by the media, took out the lighter from her back pocket and set the whole lab on fire, leaving no book or poison unscathed.

They left ten of their own to put out the fire and to make sure that everything was thoroughly burned as the remaining twenty royal mavericks headed to Ruby Lyworth’s factory. Greg gave the guards at the gate two choices: stand in his way...