Chapter 674
This was a burden she couldn’t carry alone.
Jarred and Marcus had to know.
She stood up, took the lab report and the sealed syringe evidence, and walked out of the room with Thea.
In the upstairs conference room.
Jarred Sterling and Marcus Sterling were holding a meeting with Maloney’s medical team, frantically debating treatment plans.
Sienna pushed the door open and saw Jarred sitting at the head of the table.
Dressed entirely in black, his posture was rigid, his brow shadowed by heavy anxiety.
He hadn’t slept all night, and his eyes were completely bloodshot.
Marcus stood quietly by the floor-to-ceiling windows.
His posture was straight and elegant, his complexion pale. With his strikingly handsome, almost feminine features, he appeared quiet, restrained, and completely harmless.
All the experts were at their wits’ end.
Seeing Sienna walk in, both men immediately looked up.
The entire room of specialists turned toward the door as well.
Skipping any unnecessary pleasantries, Sienna placed the report and the evidence directly on the table.
Her cool gaze shifted away from Jarred and Marcus, sweeping over the assembled experts.
“Someone found this syringe in the mountain woods behind the fishing village and handed it to me.
“It contains trace amounts of a residual drug.
“I had someone run a test, and the results are in p>
The color instantly drained from the men’s faces as they braced themselves for her next words.
Sienna flipped open the report. “The composition indicates this is a custom-made psychiatric drug. A variation of Neuro-Shackle.
“But there’s no record of it anywhere, and absolutely zero matching data p>
Jarred and Marcus didn’t fully grasp the medical jargon.
But the grim expressions on the experts’ faces told them everything they needed to know.
“Preliminary assessments indicate that artificially injecting this drug induces targeted bipolar psychiatric disorders.
“In other words, this is the culprit causing Maloney to oscillate between violent, psychotic rage and blank, amnesiac stupors p>
The moment Sienna’s words fell, a deathly silence smothered the conference room.
Jarred’s fists clenched tight, his dark eyes instantly glazing over with a layer of frost.
He ground his teeth together. “Artificial… custom-made p>
Over the past few days, he had scoured the Sterlings’ history for every enemy, every corporate rival, and every old family grudge.
He hadn’t found a single trace.
The mastermind was operating in total shadow.
Marcus’s lips pressed into a thin line as he turned to the seated specialists. “What do you all think p>
The leading authorities took turns flipping through the report, cross-referencing the data.
After a long, agonizing period of analysis, they finally looked up, shaking their heads in grim unison.
“Mr. Sterling, Marcus… we’ve never seen these compounds before either p>
“Without finding the source, we can’t analyze the metabolic mechanism, which means we can’t create a targeted treatment. Our hands are completely tied p>
It was a devastating blow, severing their last shred of hope.
Jarred sat frozen in his chair, a bone-deep chill radiating from his body, his eyes cold and hollow.
In the suffocating silence, he slowly lifted his gaze.
His normally profound, dark eyes were now violently bloodshot.
Beneath the surface lay a crushing agony, mingled with the sheer exhaustion of a man backed into a corner.
“You have a way, don’t you p>
Following his gaze, the eyes of everyone in the room landed squarely on Sienna.
Ever since her identity as a legendary medical prodigy had been exposed she had been universally. recognized as the ultimate exception to the rules.
Whenever others faced an impossible wall, she always found a way to break through.
Even the usually unreadable Marcus lifted his eyes to look at her.
Under the heavy weight of everyone’s expectations, Sienna met Jarred’s shattered, bloodshot gaze.
Her heart remained as still as stagnant water, not a single ripple disrupting her composure.
She indifferently looked away, her voice perfectly level. “This drug’s composition has never been seen before in history. I am just as powerless to stop it p>
A few simple words, spoken so lightly.
Yet they acted like a bucket of ice water, completely extinguishing the final, desperate flicker of hope in Jarred’s eyes.