Dawn was barely breaking as Percival opened his eyes and reached for his phone to call Thomas.

Within minutes, Thomas arrived in his car and picked up the duo who had spent the night by the seaside.

"Where to, Percival?" Thomas did not ask why. He just did what he always did, taking care of what needed to be done.

Percival twirled a strand of Vivienne's hair. "To the office."

Vivienne yawned. "I'm heading back to crash."

After dropping Vivienne off, Thomas drove to the company.

In the president's office, someone was already waiting in silence.

Percival opened the door and greeted, "Boss."

The man in the chair turned around, a custom-made cane in hand. "Long time, no see."

Percival's lips curved into a half-smile as he ushered Micah to the couch and poured him a cup of coffee. "How have you been?"

Micah did not ask much but casually chatted with Percival. "Pretty good, just eating and sleeping. I've been so lazy that I hardly want to get up and exercise. My legs are paying the price."

Percival chuckled, responding briefly before asking, "Who's Rover?"

Micah's hand paused, a shadow flickering in his eyes, "Why do you ask?"

"Just curious," Percival replied nonchalantly.

Micah hesitated for a moment before setting down his coffee cup, "Percival, I know you don't trust anyone in the agency right now, but I can assure you, Rover is solid. He's someone I deeply respect, as did your mentor Lark and Vance, too."

Percival frowned subtly.

high praise from Micah meant

was a

is he?" Percival

life; one was your mentor, Lark, and the other was Rover. They dragged me off the battlefield and saved my life and my leg. But Rover is a

within the Vanguard Agency that even Percival could not

did not push further. He would eventually find out who Rover really

smiled, his demeanor changing in an instant. "When will you be returning to service? I left a gift for you in

could you possibly have for me,

the Ellington Group."

so freely

a while, their conversation came to an end. Micah stood up, leaning on his cane. "Alright, I'm heading back to work today. Retirement will have to wait a

any further than the office door. He took a long,

fighting alone. The road ahead is

Micah's words when he had joined the team-From now on, we fight together. No matter how perilous the road ahead is, I'm with you!

the one who pushed for your promotion. Now

"Understood."

out. He stood in the office, watching Micah take the elevator

his chair, took out his phone, and called

Mr. Wolf..." Vivienne's sleepy voice came

"Still not up?"

a bit groggy, but if you're offering to treat me to a beef stew, I'll

stew, anything you say. But before

the sound of rustling

family!" Percival's

up with

The Linklater family!

Vesper!

was just a stage name her mother had concocted on

were all picked at random to make her way

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