The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

After splitting up with Dracon, Diana once again sought out the enigmatic F-Poison. This time, the rendezvous was in a downtown apartment, a far cry from the labyrinthine alleys of their last meeting.

“That’s all Flynn said, nothing else,” Diana grumbled reluctantly. “When are you going to deal with Vivienne? If she doesn’t bite the dust soon, our partnership is over!”

F-Poison replied nonchalantly, “Ms. Perez, who exactly are you losing your temper with?”

Diana clamped her mouth shut, though the annoyance simmering within her refused to subside, making her incredibly uncomfortable.

Suddenly, F-Poison’s eyes narrowed, her gaze turning icy. She lunged forward like a bolt of lightning, grasping Diana’s throat, “You brought a tail with you?”

“A tail? I have no idea what you’re talking about!” Diana gasped for air, her eyes wide with terror.

F-Poison squinted and tapped her earpiece, “Quincy, take them out. No mercy.”

“Roger that!” Quincy’s resounding reply came through the earpiece.

With her orders in hand, Quincy checked her phone for the location sent to her.

Following the directions, she soon spotted Willa attempting to slip away.

Given she was young, Quincy perfectly played the part of an innocent child as she brushed past Willa.

But in her hand was a poison deadly enough to end Willa right on the spot.

Expressionless, Willa crossed paths with the child opposite her, but having grown up in the notorious Perez family, she was no stranger to danger.

As Quincy brushed by her, Willa’s right hand snapped out like a blade, targeting Quincy in a swift motion.

Quincy had not released her poison yet. To save her own skin, she had to change course!

However, the moment she saw Willa’s face, her counterattack hesitated.

realized

are you?”

lowered voice, “Play

furrowed as countless thoughts

uncertain whether to trust the girl before her, but she could sense the absence

avoid drawing more assassins. Plus, she had Sasha’s antidote to

Willa complied with Quincy’s

a strike at Quincy, she pretended to collapse after Quincy coughed

the hit, feigning injury to avoid

and snapped a photo

hit, oblivious to Diana’s shock at recognizing Willa in the

dealings with F-Poison had

at Diana’s stunned expression and asked, “What are you thinking, Ms.

the Perez family already suspects me. That’s why they sent someone to tail me.” Diana clenched her fists

you came to meet with me, you always had a tail. Only this one was comparatively talented,

Clearly, F-Poison had no idea that the person she had just ordered killed was the person she had been looking for, the daughter of the

felt it was for the better. What was the point of

late,” Diana said, thinking it was time

next moment, two henchmen came out from

we follow her

henchmen. “No need; those tails

whisked Willa to a safe place. Willa, suddenly alert, grabbed Quincy by the throat and demanded,

Willa’s prowess, realized that if they had fought for real earlier,

and said with difficulty, “Vi… Vivienne,

why Vivienne and

who had previously come to search for her were all diverted away by Sasha, and they only

you want?” Willa did not let

choice, Quincy presented her phone, showing a coded message from Vivienne: Find Willa,