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 their affairs openly, so

ten-year-old

blurry, hinted

in, his voice low, “What did

took her own life ten years ago, the reasons unknown. No footage or records exist. Vivienne spent most of her years after ten at the Emerald

to something in the

“What about it?”

perfumer Q, piano virtuoso Moonlight, and possibly holds

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

“This girl’s got chops. Is the

the heir to the

clicked his tongue. “Who was short-sighted enough to arrange

is the long-lost heiress of the Brooks family. Her mother, whose real name was Karen, had a romance with Scott Brooks, the eldest son of the Brooks family. She disappeared before their engagement for unknown reasons, later adopting the name Evelyn. It was under that

a waste,” Jasper

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

in the young couple’s affairs. The Ellington heir was no fool, after all. Why did Jasper not

he held his tongue, knowing better than to provoke his

it’s unlikely Karen is Sasha,” Yuri said cautiously after researching extensively. The information 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 that Karen was one

had locked down every exit from

Vivienne stepped out of the ward,

hearts are mending, slowly but surely. They’ll need to stay in the hospital a bit longer just to make sure everything’s completely fine. In the meantime, take good care of them,

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

up as

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