The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Flynn took a deep breath. Sure enough, the agony coursing through him was beginning to subside.

He sat up straight, his gaze steady on Vivienne. “You came all this way to see me. What else do you want to know?”

Vivienne tossed her lollipop into the trash can without a second thought. “I’m more interested in what you have to say.”

“I have nothing to say to you.” Flynn leaned against the headboard, his eyes closing, signaling he was done talking.

Vivienne, unfazed, shifted to a more comfortable position. “Is the infamous F-Poison your mentor? Is he dead?”

A flicker passed through Flynn’s eyes, but he remained silent.

“You’re not still waiting for F-Poison to come to rescue you, are you? That’s naive, Uncle Flynn!”

Standing up, Vivienne seemed ready to leave.

That got a reaction. Flynn called out to her, “You’re here to get the scoop on your mom’s abduction, right? Sasha’s.”

Vivienne froze, a piercing look shooting from her eyes like daggers sinking deep into Flynn’s skin.

Suddenly, Flynn felt as if flames were raging inside him, threatening to consume him entirely.

“Vivienne, I’m the only one in this world who knows what happened to your mom after she was taken. If you want the truth, you must cure me of this poison!”

Vivienne’s gaze softened, and Flynn felt immediate relief.

Struggling to his feet, Flynn approached the balcony. “Bring someone from the Perez family to see me.”

Vivienne’s frown deepened, but she left without a word.

Flynn chuckled, his eyes glinting with meaning. “There are things in this world that defy description. Only the ordinary can be understood.”

Vivienne gave Flynn a long, hard look before walking out of the stifling cell and exhaling heavily outside.

Maddox opened the car door for her. “How did it go?” He asked.

Vivienne shook her head. “He didn’t spill anything.”

steering

Maddox. I’ve had

he knew all about

F-Poison really trust him that

else did he say?”

wants to meet someone from the Perez family. Didn’t specify

the fuck does

you think

know that Diana and I are in Rivenwood?” Maddox

description. Only the ordinary can be understood,” Vivienne mused. “What did he mean

knows? The

smiled faintly, choosing

at her home

into the bathtub,

someone from the Perez family,

Perez family in her mind.

Willa.

Willa was his only daughter. Flynn would want

her hair, and then

search for Vesper going?”

ghost. We can’t even get a bead

first time Draven felt this frustrated

less than 10 feet, and after so many days, they could not obtain the tiniest information about him, not even his residence address.

would not be easy to track. “Stop chasing shadows then. What about the other one I asked about?

end, and then Draven said, “Vivienne,

is it?” Vivienne

described someone as

come across some clues about her, but they vanish every time I get close. At first, I thought it was the Perez family cleaning up, but it’s not them. They lost Willa’s trail long

and opened the bathroom door. “Who’s helping Willa

a mysterious force backing Willa, a force we can’t quite grasp.

deliver on not just one but two assignments, Draven found

Nine Mystics Society had never encountered a task it could not tackle. Yet now, they had hit two dead ends in rapid succession, a blow that Draven could not

two people she had tasked the Nine Mystics Society to investigate were unlike any they had encountered

solely dependent on her or Draven’s capabilities but rather