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?

though doubts lingered, her heart felt

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

Abernathy estate, though he wasn't considered heir apparent by Gavin; he held a special place in his heart. Within

outsiders usually showed him

someone had dared to

in and have a

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.

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 a

her face tinged with

over a trivial girl like Vivienne. She doesn't

than support me. And now, decades later, his grandchildren have the audacity to attack our family! It's as if they're cut from the same cloth, that Vivienne, just as arrogant and

hit Harrison?" After standing in the yard for a while, Victoria pieced together the story, "That girl's

avenged her, Victoria thought it only fair to let slide the incident where

to Gavin shamelessly slander the Ellington family, any sense of relaxation on her face evaporated

Victoria, noticed her hesitation at the door and her expression souring before

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

"Why bother with Harrison? We'd be better off thinking about how to retrieve what we need from

to when she walked away, all the

his discomfort, peered through the screen door, catching a glimpse of a familiar silhouette. His eyes flickered with recognition, then

the first to rush