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.

pointed at Anna

to Leopold. “You’re driving

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

drop me off, do five hundred push-ups and six hundred sit-ups outside Griffin’s house. Don’t even think about rejoining the squad

shock. Push-ups and sit-ups

they were about to split

from HQ to the Vanguard Agency’s special

Tiger sighting in Weststart City. Wolf leads

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

crisply, “Yes,

Leopold set out

furrowed deeply,

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

was all very abrupt;

nodded in

appearance of White Tiger in Weststart City, the mission

would arrange all the details before a mission, including the command structure, snipers, and such. They would disseminate maps to squad leaders and

heads-up to plan within half an hour before

Agency’s missions were life and death; they could not afford to act rashly for the sake

White Tiger as its head honcho,

such a high-profile

furrowed her brow, “Anna, let’s go

questions. She donned her coat, checked her sidearm, and left with

his team geared up in combat attire and boarded the transport to Weststart City.

hasn’t come through yet. Familiarize yourself with the basic layout,” Percival commanded

would be in the field, in charge of the vehicles, while Percival would

perimeter, and Soren joined Percival to head straight

fit in the car, and it was not because they were heading deep into enemy territory—it was because Percival

head honcho. You shouldn’t be on the

supposed to stay back and oversee the

and to top it off, the deputy director,

headsets were linked to the command vehicle on-site, and Micah heard everything

whole situation was out

had managed to tick