Vivienne was the epitome of composure. If Scott lacked even the basic cunning, her mother would never have spent three years undercover by his side.
But now, the lead on Scott was a dead end.
She had hoped to use Scott to unearth the true identity of the elusive Mr. B.
"Vivienne, let's head back," Percival said, taking her hand and pulling her back to the present.
He had not expected Scott to pull the trigger so suddenly.
They had hoped to extract Mr. B's whereabouts from Scott, which was why the Vanguard Agency had surrounded him without immediately ordering his arrest.
It had, however, given Scott the chance to slip through their fingers.
Yet, despite appearances, Scott had fired a blank. Given the distance and angle, Vivienne would not have escaped unscathed even if she had been on guard. Surely, his gun was not out of bullets.
Percival's men, who dove into the sea to search Scott, relayed the news to him while he was in the car.
The car was found, but the man was missing, leaving behind a single shoe and copious amounts of blood. The shattered window was fringed with scraps of skin tissue.
If the blood loss was as severe as it seemed, he was likely at the bottom of the sea by now.
"Keep searching," Percival commanded with a grave voice.
Having anticipated this outcome, Vivienne immediately issued an Order of Nine Mystics Society to pursue Scott.
"Mr. Wolf, take me home," Vivienne said, leaning on Percival's shoulder, her eyes weary, "I'm rather tired."
Percival draped his coat over her, saying gently, "Of course."
her eyes, haunted by the image of Scott aiming the
him to
why, Vivienne did not care to
of his mercy, it did not erase his past intent to
the Brooks
her room
Kala had returned to work and must be busy, it surprised her to see her home for a
the door, Kala brightened for a
Kala said with
lost the purity
nodded. "Yes, and you're
off the table," Kala said, her mood dimming momentarily before she forced a laugh. "It's fine, I needed a break anyway." Vivienne was familiar with the show Kala mentioned, a reality
she remembered correctly, Stephen Harris was
a family member, right?" Vivienne
nodded. "Yes, but everyone's
"I'm not."
blinked with
raised an eyebrow playfully. "I said I'm not. If you don't
not one for the spotlight, but if it were not for Rainbow Entertainment being the leading producer, Kala would not even have gotten a
current predicament was
no big deal, even if it meant making
Vivienne might have wanted nothing to do with
overthinking. Vivienne, thank you," Kala said, getting up and hugging Vivienne with a hint of
days when she could not face her grandmother's death or the fact
patted her back, "Alright, send me the schedule. I'm
sentences, their relationship seemed
days, Vivienne organized the affairs of the Order of Nine Mystics Society and left Rowan and Ismene
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