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 did not

you?”

with a lowered

countless thoughts

her, but she could

to avoid drawing more assassins. Plus, she had

Willa complied with

a strike at Quincy, she pretended

the hit, feigning

collapsed, Quincy connected to her earpiece to report, “Boss, the target is down,” and snapped a photo of the unconscious Willa with the ring that

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

secret dealings with F-Poison had

Diana’s stunned expression and

family already suspects me. That’s why they sent someone to

snorted. “Don’t worry. These are all members of the Nine Mystics Society. Whenever you came to meet with me, you

had no idea that the person she had just ordered killed was the

was the point of keeping Willa alive when the

Diana said, thinking it was time to return to the

watched Diana leave. The next moment, two henchmen

her and

turned to her henchmen. “No need; those tails

safe place. Willa, suddenly alert, grabbed Quincy by

if they

tapped Willa’s hand and said with difficulty,

piece together why Vivienne and Percival’s names

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

you want?” Willa did not let go but started

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