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 had

a

is he?" Percival

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 I

the Vanguard

would eventually

demeanor changing in an instant. "When will you be returning to service? I left

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

Group."

last time they had chatted so

stood up, leaning on his cane. "Alright, I'm heading back to work today. Retirement will have to wait a few more years!" "Congratulations," Percival said as he

not letting Percival walk him out any further than the office door. He took a long, deep

now on, you'll be fighting alone. The

team-From now on, we fight together. No matter how perilous

go see Yorick Linklater. He was the one who

"Understood."

did not follow him out. He stood in the office, watching Micah take the elevator

chair, took out his phone, and

Vivienne's sleepy voice came

"Still not up?"

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

stew, anything you say. But before that, I

paused, and then the sound of rustling came from the other end,

family!" Percival's eyes

up with a

The Linklater family!

Vesper!

name Vesper Linklater was just a stage name her mother had concocted on

picked at random to make her way through

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