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.

earlier than the Martinez family and conducted their affairs openly, so their warrior

ten-year-old daughter of the Perez family, had mysteriously vanished and

photograph, though blurry, hinted at

leaned in, his voice low,

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

busily attending to something in the ward, and

“What about it?”

as designer Charles, perfumer Q, piano virtuoso Moonlight, and

confident in the Perez family’s intelligence network. Yet, when it came to Vivienne, they could

Percival, murmuring, “This girl’s

before responding, “He’s the heir to

“Who was short-sighted enough to arrange

Brooks family. She disappeared before their

waste,” Jasper

savvy even surpassed his own son. But still, he felt Percival

to meddle in the young couple’s affairs. The Ellington

held his tongue, knowing better than to provoke his father’s

on Karen was scant, aside from what had emerged along with Vivienne. The Wilson family, now incarcerated with no visitation rights, were the only known connection, proving

distance from Sea City. When Sasha disappeared, the Perez family had locked down every exit from the city, monitoring everything from buses to subways, making it improbable that Sasha could

Vivienne stepped out of the

hearts are mending, slowly but surely. They’ll need to stay in the

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

stood up as well. “Vivienne, shall we

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