Everyone gathered around Jasper, but he reached for Vivienne with a steady hand. "Vivienne, you okay there?"

Vivienne shifted her gaze from Vesper and replied softly, "Yeah, a bit shaken up."

Jasper hummed in response, gently patting Vivienne's hand. "I'm gonna be fine. Gotta take you back home to watch Natalia and Yasmine grow up and wait for Sasha to return. I won't break my promise." Then, spotting Percival, he added with a smile, "And to see our Vivienne get married and have kids, right?"

Vivienne blushed slightly. "How about I check in on you every month, say on the ninth?"

Although Vivienne still had questions about what was really going on inside Jasper, she knew now was not the time to ask. He was weak and did not need the stress of an interrogation.

"Sounds good to me," Jasper chuckled, his eyes catching Vesper standing a little ways off. The more he looked, the more he liked the young man. "Young sir, you do resemble my boys strikingly."

Vesper looked up, a complicated expression in his eyes, but he managed a small smile. "Really? Then I suppose I'm quite the looker."

Jasper laughed heartily. "You sure are, lad, a spitting image of my younger self."

Yuri teased, "Dad, fishing for compliments now?"

"I've always been handsome." Jasper stood up, still holding Vivienne's hand. "Vivienne's kids are gonna be stunners, no doubt."

"Dad, how many kids do you want Vivienne to have?" Zelda asked.

Jasper thought momentarily, then said, "Hey, Percival, how many do you want?"

Caught off-guard by the sudden question, Percival cleared his throat and said, "That's up to Vivienne."

"You just stay out of the fray and take care of yourself. Can't have any repeats of last time," Jasper advised more seriously.

in agreement, feeling no

"How many kids do you have at

one daughter and she's a handful," Vesper replied with a chuckle. "Mr. Ellington, you're going to have your hands full.

arm around Vivienne's waist

pinched Percival's side

was he

Seven kids?

would have enough for a

was all smiles. "Seven kids, eh? The more, the merrier. It's a handful for a father,

one noticed that Vesper had silently disappeared

Finnian had also vanished. Vivienne made to go after them, but Percival stopped her. "Vivienne,

"Mr. Linklater's skills are beyond

The only explanation was that Vesper's skills surpassed them all. Vivienne felt a premonition that she would see Vesper

a message to mobilize the Nine Mystics Society and the Frostfire Intelligence Agency to find

soon fell asleep, and Vivienne and Percival left

of wind by his ear. The next second, a disposable fork with a note attached was embedded in the

looked around but saw no one, not even the bodyguards,

Yuri would not have known about the silent intruder if

a threat. But who could it be from? The same

pocketed the note without causing a stir. He did not

house and to keep a close

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