CHAPTER SIX
I plucked a book from the shelf and browsed through the pages with a smile on my lips. “Is there anything in these books about the dirty little secrets of a certain old family?”
Ben chuckled. “Nothing too accusatory, but there were some commendations to a few of my ancestors from the emperor.”
“So nothing about the crazy uncle with the lab?” I guessed.
“Only that certain laws were passed after his own passing that banned such experimentations within the city.”
“A good idea.”
“So the whole family believed.”
“Do the authorities know about this lab?” I wondered.
He nodded. “And they have the same concerns as the good professor. That one careless action would relocate not only them but the whole house.”
“And thus the family lab remains as a relic of past ages,” I mused
