The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Vivienne sat up straight, her gaze cool and calculating. “Spill it, what’s the deal with you and F-Poison? And besides Gillian, who else is in on it?”

Mara hadn’t expected Vivienne to know even about Gillian. It was clear she wouldn’t be leaving until she came clean.

She dropped to her knees, her voice a mix of desperation and fear. “Percival, Vivienne, I didn’t mean to betray you all. I had my reasons!”

Vivienne spared her a disinterested glance, motioning for her to continue.

“My brother, Huxley, he’s been taken by F-Poison to M State. I had no choice but to save Huxley’s life; I had to do as they said. They already killed my mom. I didn’t dare disobey!”

It was a predictable story for Vivienne.

Only two people could exert such leverage over Mara – her brother, Huxley, and her mother, Nancy. Even if she wanted to disregard the lives of her own family, she had to consider her own skin.

“What did they promise you in return?” Vivienne pressed.

Mara wiped away a tear, her voice trembling. “Boss said if I turned Aaron to her side, I could rebuild the Boyd legacy, claim back all of the Boyd family fortune, and they’d help me get my revenge… So I…”

Vivienne almost laughed.

Even if Mara regained every last cent of the Boyd fortune, what then? Did she really believe she had the power to restore her family’s name?

Vivienne was not looking down on Mara. Mara’s lack of capabilities was a known fact.

“When you say ‘Boss’, are you referring to F-Poison?” Vivienne prodded.

Mara shook her head. “I don’t know who you’re talking about. All I know is Boss looks just like Gillian. They took us both. Gillian resisted at first, but Boss pinned her with a silver needle, leaving her incontinent and vomiting blood until she called her ‘Boss’.

alive. I was terrified. They

seemed Mara was indeed referring

last time you

morning, at the café where I met Aaron. She’s

vexed at how close he had been

immediately booted up his laptop, hacking into the café’s surveillance. There was F-Poison. But as she left the

frowned, annoyed. “The same old

ages,

glanced at Percival’s screen, unsurprised. If F-Poison were easy to catch, they wouldn’t have been searching for so

couch and asked, “So, you’ve only

nodded earnestly. “I swear,

before Mara’s eyes. “Fine. Tell Gillian you messed up, ask her to handle

looked bewildered. “What about me? Are you going to

about it. Let’s fix your

“You’ll

to conduct, and I can’t have you disrupting them. No time like the

silently handed

anesthetic. Mara writhed in agony, the pain worse than any she

her screams,

Vivienne watched, satisfied.

easy to let Mara die, but her

a while, Vivienne settled into

pain subsided, Vivienne

adjusted her in his lap.

her arms around

had a chance to shine all night,

said Percival as he gently set Vivienne down on the couch, completely disregarding Mara, who had fainted on the floor. “I’ve already had breakfast brought over.”Books Chapters Are Daily Updated Join & Stay Updated for All Books