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.
from Micah
a deep
he?"
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
a realm within the Vanguard Agency that
not push further. He would
instant. "When will you be returning to service? I left a
could you possibly have
chairman of the Ellington Group." Percival smiled,
last time they had chatted so freely
up, leaning on his cane. "Alright, I'm heading back to
him out any further than the office
now on, you'll be fighting alone. The road ahead is
on, we fight together. No matter how perilous the road ahead is, I'm with you! The days of fighting side by side were
see Yorick Linklater. He was the one who pushed for your promotion. Now that you're parting ways with the agency, you should
"Understood."
not follow him out. He stood in the office, watching Micah take the elevator down
back in his chair, took out his phone,
Vivienne's sleepy voice
"Still not up?"
a bit groggy, but if you're offering to treat me to a beef stew,
stew, lamb stew, anything you say. But before that, I think you'll be more
the sound of rustling came from the other end, "What's
family!"
up with a
The Linklater family!
Vesper!
well that the name Vesper Linklater was just a stage name her mother had concocted on a
picked at random to make her way through the world
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