Chapter 144
His voice held a rare tinge of vulnerability. After a moment of hesitation, Vivienne moved to his side, allowing him to wrap his right arm around her. She rested her head on his shoulder, and in no time at all, Percival drifted into sleep.
Vivienne gently removed his arm and dialed Matthew’s number.
“I couldn’t find the two ingredients you asked for on the black market.” Matthew informed her over the phone.
“Keep looking.” Vivienne commanded him. After pausing briefly, she said, “Put the word out that anyone who has these ingredients and is willing to part with them will be owed a favor by me.”
Her favors were rare and precious. They were sometimes powerful enough to cheat death.
She believed that once this message was out, the items she sought would find their way to
her.
“It seems you do care a lot about your fiancé.” Matthew commented after an unexpected
pause.
Vivienne didn’t confirm or deny it. She simply hung up.
She glanced at Percival, who lay on the couch with his eyes closed.
Did she care?
Perhaps.
After all, he had always been good to her.
“Percival.” She murmured while gently patting his face.
There was no response. He was running a low fever from the poison, and she could feel the heat radiating from him.
“Mr. Wolf.” Vivienne called softly.
Percival opened his eyes slightly to look at her. She helped him up. “Let’s get you to bed.”
He nodded. His lips pressed together as she supported him up the stairs to the bedroom. His nearly six-foot-three frame weighed heavily on Vivienne.
room and settled him onto the bed, where he
fetched a basin of warm water from the bathroom. She used a wet towel to carefully wipe
she was about to pull away, Percival grabbed
half-sleeping “Vivienne, don’t go
sighed and lay down beside him, fully clothed, allowing him to
her hand
suddenly spiked a high
fever reducers
go of her even in sleep. Vivienne
approached,
the Star Grass
the owner willing to part with them?” Vivienne asked
but…” Matthew began
mind.” Vivienne urged him
Poison Flower is with
sigh. “Brody is a nutcase. Ever since you beat him once, he’s been looking for a rematch. If you win, the flower is yours. But if you
me to be his guinea pig?”
wants to turn you into a
a high-security prison, using almost a hundred inmates as test subjects. By the time the Nine Mystics Society arrived, the scene looked like it
him ever since, but he was elusive.
Vivienne laughed coldly. “The higher-ups have been wanting to nab him, right? Prepare to capture him once the match
the Star Grass, it’s with
figure in GTO. His exact status within the
unknown.
mysteries. He was a man who left no traces, a hallmark of GTO’s
terms?” Vivienne asked
didn’t specify but said that he’s keeping this favor for later.” Matthew knew how much Vivienne despised GTO because
after
sighed Technically, with Vivienne’s medical skills,
agreeing to this, she
to want to dwell on this. “As for Brody, set up a time with him. The
a sadist. Matthew cautioned her.
worry about Brody
that you’ll let your feelings cloud your judgment.” Matthew
was asleep, but his brows were
she let her feelings get in
Star Grass was delivered. Vivienne inspected it carefully, ensuring that it
was also set. The address Matthew sent
in Havenwood, tucked away in the N&S Psychiatric Hospital,
coincidence, wasn’t
showdown was set for
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