Vivienne's fingers froze atop her phone screen, Griffin's contact highlighted. The sudden pause was punctuated by a sense of déjà vu.

A café?

Why did that sound so hauntingly familiar?

She pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration. "How could I have forgotten about this?"

Meanwhile, in a café, Victoria perched in a reserved booth, her gaze drifting over the bustling crowd through the panoramic windows.

Irritation flickered in her eyes.

Vivienne!

She really had some nerve!

Twice now!

That wretched woman had stood her up twice!

Calls unanswered, texts ignored, just like she had vanished off the face of the earth. How could Richard have ever approved of such a granddaughter-in-law, bringing shame to the Ellington name?

And Percival!

Birds of a feather indeed. Both just as unreliable as the other!

Victoria gnashed her teeth on the freshly served scones as if she were biting into Vivienne and Percival, those two good-for-nothings. "Let's go find War God! Damn it, I refuse to believe I can't handle the two o you!"

Over at Northway City, within the Grimshaw estate-a structure reminiscent of a middle-age castle-Oliver Grimshaw sat at Asher's bedside.

his unconscious son, he snatched a cup from the desk and hurled it at Isaac's forehead. "Useless! Can't even handle a simple task, and now the young master's been

"Please, forgive me, Patriarch!"

the modern era, the Grimshaws

pressed to the ground. "We underestimated the situation. We never anticipated a young woman could be so formidable. I suspect she might come from an

be? Go on, inquire about it. See if there's a family with such a prodigy. Wouldn't

as one of the five major families, had no

a talent? And if they did, he'd have eliminated them

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has placed this opportunity before us, then it's destined to be

...

in Rivenwood a day later, Victoria was still fuming over

laced with bitterness. "War God, for the sake of my mother who once aided you, could you please convey a message

too impulsive. Vivienne and Percival are both shrewd; you've had past issues with them. It's

on their word.

his

definitely capable of

continued to vent. "Richard's gone senile; I just don't get his

Arthur's gaze darkened momentarily.

was indeed a little

had chosen her to lead the new

me, and helping you covertly deal with the Abernathys was

my position prevents further involvement. Until we know what the Grimshaws want with that weapon, I can't intervene. You want Vivienne's trust? That's on you. I'll expedite the search for your mother; you're running out

Abernathys were masters of

deceived Percival's aunt and concealed her as a comatose patient after birthing

had

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