The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

In the dead of night, with the lights off and still in the bedroom!

“Damn it, Percival! What have you done to my daughter? She’s still a minor!”

Percival looked into Dorian’s fuming eyes with a hint of resignation, “We were just talking.”

“Talking? Why in the dark? Were you two kissing like Isolde said, right here in the room?” Thaddeus giggled behind his hand.

Isolde had spilled everything to Thaddeus, including when she overheard Vivienne and Percival kissing in the bedroom!

Dorian’s eyes seemed to bulge even more.

Cordelia’s cheeks flushed as she pulled Thaddeus away. “Thaddeus, stop making things up. Vivienne and Percival were just… doing homework. Yeah, that’s it. Now you better finish yours.”

Thaddeus snickered and scampered off to his room with his backpack.

Percival deliberately avoided Dorian’s gaze and cleared his throat, “Mom, Dad, I should head out.”

With that, Percival made a beeline for the door.

The more he thought about Thaddeus’s words, the guiltier he felt!

Where the heck was Leopold when he was supposed to be on the lookout?

Leopold and Anna were indeed on duty, standing guard with due diligence.

When Percival emerged from the house, Leopold dropped his guard and approached. “All sorted out, Percival?”

Percival responded with a swift kick to Leopold’s rear. “Didn’t you see someone go upstairs?”

Anna and Leopold looked baffled, nodding in unison.

“We saw, we even texted you.”

Especially Leopold, rubbing his backside with a woebegone expression. He had sent Percival the message the moment he saw Dorian’s family within thirty feet!

Percival glanced at his phone, and sure enough, there was a message, which he had missed while with Vivienne.

his throat, Percival pointed at Anna and said, “Continue

Leopold.

caught on, “Oh, got it. You’re in trouble with your father-in-law because you

five hundred push-ups and six hundred sit-ups outside Griffin’s house. Don’t even think about

and sit-ups were one

split

mission from HQ to the

sighting in Weststart City. Wolf leads the team. Depart

expressions vanished from their faces. Anna wanted to speak, but Percival cut her off. “You

crisply, “Yes,

set

brow furrowed deeply, his expression

in Weststart City, a place known for its abandoned coal mines,

mission details to Vivienne, “It was all very abrupt; I don’t know the specifics. But Ms. Vivienne, something

in agreement.

White Tiger in Weststart

the details before a mission, including the command structure,

would have a heads-up to plan within half an

death; they could not afford to act rashly for the sake of

and White Tiger as its head honcho, a

such a high-profile target

brow, “Anna, let’s go see

her coat, checked her sidearm,

Agency HQ, Percival and his team geared up in combat attire and boarded the transport to Weststart City. Only en route

come through yet. Familiarize yourself with the basic layout,” Percival commanded from

would be in the

squad was on point, scouting the terrain. Thomas’s second squad covered the perimeter, and Soren joined Percival to head straight

because they were heading deep into enemy territory—it

the commander, the head honcho. You shouldn’t be on the

to stay back and oversee the

to top it off, the deputy

command vehicle on-site, and Micah heard everything

all; the whole situation was out of order, a

Percival had managed