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?”

the shaft of morning sunlight, the clear liquid

didn’t answer right away but glanced at Karen, who looked as peaceful as if she were merely asleep. “I can tell their target was specific. They weren’t trying to kill your mother; they wanted her to

gaze finally fixed on the potion in the syringe, “But

the syringe to Vivienne, her

skill of the attacker from the night before, she asked, “Vivienne, how

that, Vivienne paused, “Apart from the Perez and

she listed the few families she had some knowledge of, she turned

slowly. “I only knew of the ancient

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

surface-level information was scant; without these individuals revealing themselves, they might as

wouldn’t bring this up without reason. She inspected the syringe in her hand and then said, “Aunt Willa, are you suggesting that the attack on my mother is related to the

tracking down the F-Poison, but I’ve also learned a lot about the ancient warrior

not waste time on the lesser-known families. At the pinnacle

including the Sheldons would make it

skills and abilities

the Perez, Martinez, and Abernathy families, there remained the Grimshaw and Boyd

any of them are in cahoots with F-Poison,” Willa continued, pulling out a humanoid figure from

Percival, nearly jumped out of their

himself, ‘Scared the daylights out of me. Vivienne’s aunt is as fierce as she is—does

Thomas had to agree.

was tough as

although she did distance herself from the two men, scrutinizing the hole

on,” Vivienne suddenly crouched down, “Is this

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