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.

sensed the girl’s restraint and realized she

are you?” Willa

whispered with a lowered voice, “Play dead,

brow furrowed as countless

her, but she could sense the absence

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

Willa complied

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

took the hit, feigning injury to avoid

the target is down,” and snapped a

cut the connection after confirming the hit, oblivious

was relieved her own secret dealings with F-Poison had not

up at Diana’s stunned expression and asked, “What

family already suspects me. That’s why they sent

worry. These are all members of the Nine Mystics Society. Whenever you came to meet with me, you always had a tail. Only this one was comparatively talented, so she managed to keep a closer

the person she had just ordered killed was the person

better. What was the point of keeping

relief. I should get going; it’s getting late,” Diana said, thinking it was time to return to the

moment, two henchmen came out from

should we follow her and

to her henchmen. “No need; those tails

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

Willa’s prowess, realized that if they had fought for real earlier, she would be dead

and said with difficulty, “Vi… Vivienne,

why

to search for her were all diverted away by Sasha, and

do you want?” Willa did not let go but

no choice, Quincy presented her phone, showing a coded message