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.

praise from Micah meant Vance

a deep

he?"

Lark, and the other was Rover. They dragged me off the battlefield and saved my life and my leg. But Rover is a top-secret agency asset. Beyond the code name, that's all

was a realm within the Vanguard Agency that even Percival could not

did not push further. He would

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

snorted with laughter. "What could you possibly

Group." Percival smiled, continuing their

time they had chatted so freely was when Percival

"Alright, I'm heading back to work today. Retirement will

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

fighting alone. The road

we fight together. No matter how perilous the road ahead is, I'm with you! The days of fighting side by

Yorick Linklater. He was the one who

"Understood."

did not follow him out. He stood in the

sat back in his chair, took out

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

"Still not up?"

you're offering to treat me to a beef stew, I'll

stew, lamb stew, anything you say. But

sound of rustling came

family!" Percival's

sat up

The Linklater family!

Vesper!

too well that the name Vesper Linklater was just a stage name her mother had concocted on a

like Evelyn or Hannah were all picked at random to make her

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