Felix did not bother responding to the psychologist's absurd accusation. If that man had any idea how valuable that pill was—something wealthy elites would fight tooth and nail for at an auction—he would know Felix had no reason to stoop to such cheap tricks.

The psychologist's argument might have sounded convincing, but with her grandfather's life hanging by a thread, Eunice ultimately made her decision. She took a deep breath, then placed the pill into her grandfather's mouth.

The effect was