Percival casually snapped off a twig and flicked away the power line in his path. Thankfully, he was in the garden; otherwise, he would have had to endure a jolt of electricity. But Finnian's test was not something to be taken lightly.

No sooner had Percival tossed aside the twig than a snake, tongue flickering, shot towards him along the branch.

That did it. Percival was livid. He grabbed the snake by its body and slammed it to the ground.

But as he did, something felt off.

Why was this snake so light?

Frowning, he glanced back at the pit he had passed and the discarded power line.

He decided to shut his eyes, ignoring anything else he might touch or sense.

Thirty seconds later, Percival reached the garden fence. With a firm kick, the fence collapsed. Only then did he open his eyes and turn to see that there was neither pit nor snake-just projections from a high- tech projector!

Finnian possessed the same kind of cutting-edge projector that Karen had been researching!

Percival's gaze sharpened, and some thoughts in his mind were now confirmed beyond doubt.

The only problem was the lack of evidence.

Stepping over the fallen fence, he approached the villa's main gate.

With the delay, Finnian was long gone.

Percival exhaled a sigh of resignation. When Vivienne woke up, she was going to be furious.

He would have to think of a way to sweet-talk her.

back, he heard a loud noise behind him. It

you're awake," Percival exclaimed, relieved. If Vivienne was up, the eight

trick like that won't fool me. Did you

fast. I couldn't

Vivienne said with a vengeful tone before slipping her arm through Percival's. "Mr. Wolf, let's head back." Percival

couch, half-sinking into it, and sighed, "After all that, I can't sleep. Mr. Wolf, let's have

him. Holding out a glass, she stretched out her

loosened his tie, revealing an attractive Adam's apple, and rolled up his sleeves with a decisive motion. "Or maybe, drink lying down?" Vivienne was startled, but in the next instant, Percival had flicked

shattered, and Vivienne found herself pinned

of flirtation, only threat

the

and her eyes quickly lost their luster, like

taken aback and only realized the

It was a robot!

a real person, even mimicking Vivienne's tone of voice? Then the robot's mouth opened, and a scroll fell

this another

a test of his resistance

he felt nothing for Vivienne, that would be a

faux Vivienne to her bedroom, where the real Vivienne

indeed strong; even Vivienne had

seemed his immunity was part of this so-called

himself in Vivienne's room, leaning against the robot

somewhere in Rivenwood, Finnian relaxed on a sun lounger while a man applied

good eye and steady nerves. Looks like he knew from the start that the Vivienne replica was not the real deal." Finnian nodded approvingly, pleased with Percival's

time to think

in a silent smile, seemingly privy to the previous

room. "Aren't you

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