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.

and realized she

are you?”

whispered with a lowered

furrowed as countless thoughts raced

her, but she could sense

seemed the best move to avoid drawing more assassins. Plus, she had Sasha’s antidote to any poison this child

complied with

Quincy, she pretended to collapse

feigning injury

to report, “Boss, the target is down,” and snapped a photo

cut the connection after confirming the hit, oblivious to Diana’s shock at recognizing Willa in

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

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

That’s why they

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

F-Poison had no idea that the person she had just ordered killed

better. What was the point of keeping Willa alive

get going; it’s getting late,” Diana said, thinking it

watched Diana leave. The next moment, two henchmen came

we follow her

turned to her henchmen. “No need;

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

caught off guard by Willa’s prowess, realized that if they had

tapped Willa’s hand and said with difficulty, “Vi… Vivienne,

eyes narrowed, trying to piece together why

all diverted away by Sasha, and they only wanted to find her. However,

not let go but started sizing up

with no choice, Quincy presented her phone, showing a coded message from Vivienne: Find Willa,