The following day, Vivienne was still curled up in Percival’s arms, sleeping like a log.

Trending topics about her were skyrocketing, with a mix of comments from fans and possibly paid trolls sprawling below the headlines.

[Hawthorn Family Heiress Rampage]

[Vivienne Bullying]

A uniform wave of negative press.

[Who is this Vivienne? Never heard of her. How dare she mess with our sweet Ramona?]

[Poor Ramona, what is her team doing? They set her up with this no-name brand, and she gets harassed at the party!]

[Hawthorn family perfume? Our Ramona was doing them a favor representing them, and this is how they repay her!]

Vivienne was jolted awake by the insistent ringing of her phone.

Willa’s voice came through, and Vivienne muffled by sleep, “What’s up, Aunt Willa?”

“Vivienne, come to the hospital. Someone broke in last night.”

Vivienne and Percival rushed to the hospital in record time. In the ward, Willa was already seated by Karen’s bedside waiting for them.

Vivienne, usually composed, looked unusually serious. Without waiting for Willa to speak, she asked, “What happened?”

Percival followed closely behind her. “What’s that in your hand?”

calm, the first to notice the syringe Willa was holding. In the shaft of morning sunlight, the clear

as peaceful as if she were merely asleep. “I can tell their target was specific. They weren’t trying to kill your mother; they

fixed on the potion

the syringe to Vivienne, her ignorance

the attacker from the night before, she asked, “Vivienne, how much do you

that, Vivienne paused, “Apart from the Perez and Martinez families, there’s the Littleton and

of,

he shook his head slowly. “I only knew of the ancient warrior lineage through the Abernathy family, nothing more than you’ve

had centuries-old legacies, many secrets unknown even to insiders

these individuals revealing themselves, they might as well be

She inspected the syringe in her hand and then said, “Aunt Willa,

nodded. “I’ve spent years tracking down the F-Poison, but I’ve also learned a lot about the ancient warrior

waste time on the lesser-known families. At the pinnacle of their sphere, there are

the Sheldons would make it

skills and

and Abernathy families, there

don’t know if any of them are in cahoots with F-Poison,” Willa continued, pulling out a humanoid figure from under the bed,

Vivienne and Percival, nearly jumped out of their skins at

‘Scared the daylights out of me. Vivienne’s aunt is as fierce as

Thomas had to agree.

was tough

android, although she did distance herself from the two men,

crouched down, “Is this

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