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."
haunted by the image
had not expected him
why, Vivienne did not
of his mercy, it did not erase his
at the Brooks residence, Percival
to her room when she
must be busy, it surprised her to see her home for
of the door, Kala brightened for a moment, but her expression faltered upon seeing
Kala said
the purity it
and you're here as
guess it's 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 series focusing on family bonds, where
she remembered correctly, Stephen
just needs a family member, right?" Vivienne sat down across from
nodded. "Yes, but everyone's
"I'm not."
with confusion.
not. If you don't think I'm suitable, just ignore
Entertainment being the leading producer, Kala would not even have gotten a spot in
was indeed partly
Kala out was no big deal, even
Vivienne might have wanted nothing to
It's just... Never mind, I was overthinking. Vivienne, thank you," Kala said, getting up and hugging Vivienne with a hint of tears, relieved that Vivienne still considered
when she could not face her grandmother's death or the fact that Vivienne had manipulated
send me the schedule. I'm going to take a
of sentences, their relationship seemed
days, Vivienne organized the affairs of the Order of Nine Mystics
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