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.

Micah meant Vance had not

a

he?"

leg. "Two people saved my 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 top-secret agency asset. Beyond the

was a realm within the Vanguard

not push further. He would eventually find out who

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

laughter. "What could you possibly have for me, you

Group." Percival smiled, continuing

had chatted so freely was

"Alright, I'm heading back to work today. Retirement will have to wait a few more years!" "Congratulations," Percival said as

shook his head, not letting Percival walk him out any further than the office door.

on, you'll be fighting alone. The road

nodded firmly, remembering 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 have time, go see Yorick Linklater. He was the one who pushed for your promotion. Now that you're parting ways

"Understood."

Micah's decision and did not follow him out. He stood in the

sat back in his chair, took

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

"Still not up?"

if you're offering to treat me to a beef stew,

"Beef stew, lamb stew, anything you say. But before that, I think you'll

sound of rustling came from the

Linklater family!" Percival's eyes

up with

The Linklater family!

Vesper!

the name Vesper Linklater was just a stage

Hannah were all picked at random to make her way through the world more

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