Vivienne entered the hospital ward, leaving Percival waiting outside, seated opposite Jasper and Yuri.

Jasper and Yuri exchanged brief pleasantries with Percival before disengaging, preferring to keep to themselves.

Percival appeared engrossed in his phone, but with a few discreet taps, he had pulled up thorough profiles on the two men sitting across from him.

Jasper Perez, head of the prestigious Perez family and chairman of Perez Enterprises.

Yuri Perez, the Perez family’s fourth son and the CFO of Perez Group.

The Perez family held a status in Sea City comparable to the Ellingtons.

With its century-long history and wealth rivaling that of nations, the family was a force to be reckoned with.

However, the Perez family were known for their discretion, rarely making public appearances and abstaining from social events.

These facts were available to the public, but Percival had accessed more sensitive information using Vanguard Agency’s resources: the Perez family was an ancient warrior lineage.

The details of such ancient warrior lineages, hidden in seclusion, were nearly impossible to trace without tapping into national databases.

Ancient warrior lineages typically remained out of the public eye, drawing income from their corporate ventures or offering highly sought-after security services at exorbitant prices.

The Perez family, alongside the Martinez family of Rivenwood, were one of the few to step out into the world.

emerged publicly earlier than the Martinez family and conducted

Percival’s interest. Thirty-five years ago, Sasha, the ten-year-old daughter of the Perez family, had mysteriously vanished and was

photograph, though blurry,

his voice low, “What

No footage or records exist. Vivienne spent most of her years after ten at

at Vivienne, who was busily attending to something in

“What about it?”

Moonlight, and possibly holds other

when it came to Vivienne, they

at Percival, murmuring, “This girl’s

before responding, “He’s the heir to

was short-sighted

romance with Scott Brooks, the eldest son of the Brooks

waste,” Jasper

generation. Percival’s courage and savvy even surpassed his own son. But

them to meddle in the young couple’s affairs. The Ellington heir was no fool, after all. Why

held his tongue, knowing better than to provoke

The information on Karen was scant, aside from what had emerged along with Vivienne.

the Wilsons were based far in Rivenwood, a great distance from Sea City. When Sasha disappeared, the Perez family had locked down every exit from the city, monitoring

of the ward,

Their hearts are mending, slowly but surely. They’ll need to stay in the hospital a bit longer just to make

and knew the stakes were high. If something happened to her daughters, she would regret it for life. “We’ll watch over them diligently.

up as

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