The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 1119

Leopold, with his kids in tow, made a beeline for the nearest hospital, leaving Draven behind to further investigate the odd happenings in Luck Village. Draven had the village under his control, but the fifty women had yet to be released, many of them unconscious.

When Vivienne and the village mayor had their chase earlier, there were people awake. But upon their return, it was a scene of unconsciousness and death. Draven frowned at the sight.

"Mrs. Thompson is missing."

A shadow fell over Draven's face. "Send more people to search for her. We can't let her escape!"

Mrs. Thompson surely had something crucial on her.

If she got away, all the efforts would have been in vain.

Meanwhile,

Mrs. Thompson, following the river downstream, knew of a path known only to her and her husband.

"Damn it! They figured out our plan. When will these pests leave!" she cursed all the way.

It was all so close, yet Vivienne and that impostor Sebastian, posing as her husband, ruined everything at the last moment.

Cursing, she prepared to ford the river, but as she reached the midpoint, a sudden noise made her dive in without a second thought. From her perspective, she saw someone passing by. "There's no path here. Are we still going to continue the search?"

"Keep looking until we find her. Turn the village upside down if we have to!"

Draven scanned the surroundings with a grim expression.

Just as Draven's gaze swept over, Mrs. Thompson couldn't hold her breath any longer, and bubbles surfaced, clearly indicating something was amiss.

"Check what's happening down there," ordered Draven, and several people moved towards the water's edge.

out of the water, gasping

Mrs. Thompson, Draven gestured lightly towards the water, "Capture

surrounding her before

poison capsule, but Draven, anticipating her move, kicked her chin, forcing the capsule out of her mouth to sink into the riverbed. When Mrs. Thompson looked up again, a knife was pointed

the antidote," Draven demanded

think I'll

chin, his voice icy, "You're

responded, "Captured by you, do I have any chance of survival? Better to take them down with

to die? It

his men, "Take her back. Let

back to the village, reluctantly following Draven to the

on the hospital bed,

shared Vivienne's condition

in, Mrs. Thompson saw Percival tending to Vivienne and sneered uncontrollably, starting to

Look at her, doomed to lie here forever. How

her throat, his voice calm yet foreboding, "I didn't catch

but it sent shivers down her

she is basically, basically, ah, alive,

word she spat, and soon she

she was on the brink of death, Percival released her. She collapsed,

his hands with a handkerchief, ordered, "Take her away. I'll interrogate her

and dragged

was cleared, Percival sent a message

the notification without a second thought. But another message promptly followed,

"Damn!"

himself, Finnian grabbed his things and

five minutes since Percival's message,