The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

"Mr. Wolf, let's go."

Vivienne took Percival's hand, their eyes meeting with a shared look of tenacity and resolve.

It was time to tear open the curtain of complacency with this Sadie and Julian incident. It was about time those arrogant fools realized that not everything in this world could be shaken by the ancient warrior lineages!

Outside the police station, Harrison's half-lit face flickered in the dim light. He touched his swollen cheek gingerly, fingers coming away dusted in grime.

That was the mark left by Vivienne's boot when she kicked up the dirt in her haste.

"The Ellington family, the Hawthorn family... Good for them!"

At the Abernathy estate.

Early in the morning, Victoria's courtyard was abuzz with activity as people came and went, busy with their duties.

The moment Victoria stepped through the gate, a thunderous roar echoed clearly to her ears, and her emotions tumbled through surprise before settling on bewilderment.

She grabbed a passing maid by the arm, urgently asking, "What's going on inside?"

The maid, clutching a bottle of medicine, dare not conceal the truth, "The young master has been beaten, and the patriarch is in a fury."

Harrison was beaten?

darted around with intrigue, and though doubts lingered, her heart

bodyguard in a sharp black suit, who shook his head indicating he was

wasn't considered heir apparent by Gavin; he held a special

of personal combat skills, outsiders usually showed him a modicum of respect

had dared to attack

shall we go in and have a

the top of it, so she wouldn't miss such an amusing opportunity for the world. Victoria's lips curled into a smile at the thought of Harrison's misfortune, "Of course.

the sounds of tables being slapped and dishes crashing, could be heard from inside, "This is outrageous! Do the Ellingtons truly think they are the foremost power in Veridia?! That Vivienne, to think she would dare lay a hand on

face tinged

point in ruining your health over a trivial girl like Vivienne. She doesn't have any real power; she's just

than support me. And now, decades later, his grandchildren have the

one who hit Harrison?" After standing in the yard for a while, Victoria

she'd indirectly avenged her, Victoria thought it only fair to let slide the incident where

there, listening to Gavin shamelessly slander the Ellington family, any sense of relaxation on her

we're not going in?" Seaton, following behind Victoria, noticed her hesitation at the door

crossed his eyes. Victoria used to relish seeing Harrison's defeats, so why not now? S~ᴇaʀᴄh the Find ɴøᴠel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access

expression, Victoria replied, "Why bother with Harrison? We'd be better off thinking about how to

the courtyard to when she walked away, all the commotion

his discomfort, peered through the screen door, catching a glimpse of a familiar silhouette. His

surely be the first to rush in and gloat. Why would she just walk