The World of Beasts: She's Got Their Hearts novel Chapter 133

Analise had heard how Scott and Finlay talked about Gideon, but it still couldn't stop her from being surprised after finding out his real identity.

After all, Gideon had always been relaxed and jovial around her. If she hadn't spent the past few days at Shadowhawk Alliance and seen how indifferent he truly was, she wouldn't have believed what Scott and Finlay said about him.

"Yeah." Gideon beamed at her. "This is the only way I can assist you, Ana. But since I hate dealing with those troubles, I left them in their hands instead."

"I could tell that you're into research." Analise arched her brow, looking amused as she continued, "I noticed there's a massive spherical machine in the lab next door. What's that? Can I go have a look?"

Since they had nothing else to do, she figured she could use her break to tour around Gideon's lab.

Gideon looked away, but he nodded in agreement after a while. He grabbed her hand and told her to get behind him.

"This doesn't look like a starship," Analise remarked as she paced around the spherical machine.

"It's not." Gideon smiled. "It's a time machine."

"A time machine?" Analise's eyes lit up. "Can it travel to any point in time?"

Seeing her perk up at his response, Gideon felt his heart clench. He instinctively lied, "But it's not working properly yet."

"Oh? That's a shame," she replied, her gaze dimming.

Gideon's memories drifted back to that day—when all the test data on the time machine were normal, and time travel was theoretically possible.

He had hesitated only briefly before stepping into the time machine. But before departing, he summoned several successor candidates and gave them specific instructions.

After all, he wasn't certain whether the time machine could really help him find Analise.