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 gun

had not expected him

Vivienne did not care to

it did not erase his past intent to kill

the

prepared to retire to her room when she saw

that Kala had returned to work and must be busy, it surprised her to see her home for a

door, Kala brightened for a moment, but her expression faltered upon seeing

you're back," Kala said with

had lost the purity

and you're

folks to join me for a reality show, but no one's available... I 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

correctly, Stephen

show just needs a family member, right?"

nodded. "Yes, but everyone's

"I'm not."

blinked with confusion.

not. If

but if it were not for Rainbow Entertainment being the

predicament was indeed partly her

Kala out was no big deal, even if it meant making

wanted nothing to do with the

Kala said, getting up and hugging Vivienne with a hint of tears,

grandmother's death

send me the schedule. I'm

matter of sentences, their

the affairs of the Order of Nine

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