The following day, Vivienne was still curled up in Percival's arms, sleeping like a log.
Trending topics about her were skyrocketing, with a mix of comments from fans and possibly paid trolls sprawling below the headlines.
[Hawthorn Family Heiress Rampage]
[Vivienne Bullying]
A uniform wave of negative press.
[Who is this Vivienne? Never heard of her. How dare she mess with our sweet Ramona?]
[Poor Ramona, what is her team doing? They set her up with this no-name brand, and she gets harassed at the party!]
[Hawthorn family perfume? Our Ramona was doing them a favor representing them, and this is how they repay her!]
Vivienne was jolted awake by the insistent ringing of her phone.
Willa's voice came through, and Vivienne muffled by sleep, "What's up, Aunt Willa?"
"Vivienne, come to the hospital. Someone broke in last night."
Vivienne and Percival rushed to the hospital in record time. In the ward, Willa was already seated by Karen's bedside waiting for them.
Vivienne, usually composed, looked unusually serious. Without waiting for Willa to speak, she asked, "What happened?"
her.
calm, the first to notice the syringe Willa was holding. In the shaft of morning sunlight, the clear liquid in the white syringe
but glanced at Karen, who looked as peaceful as if she were merely asleep. "I can tell their target was specific. They weren't trying to kill your mother; they wanted her to test some
fixed on the potion in the
and handed the syringe to
skill of the attacker from the night before, she asked, "Vivienne, how much do you
from the Perez and Martinez families, there's the Littleton
had some knowledge of, she turned to Percival,
head slowly. "I only knew of the ancient warrior lineage through the Abernathy
centuries-old legacies, many secrets
without these individuals revealing themselves,
Willa wouldn't bring this up without reason. She inspected the syringe in her hand and then said, "Aunt Willa, are you suggesting that the attack on my mother is related to the ancient warrior
nodded. "I've spent years tracking down the F-Poison, but I've also learned a lot about the ancient
not waste time on the lesser-known families. At the pinnacle
the Sheldons would make it
martial skills and
the Perez, Martinez, and Abernathy families, there remained the Grimshaw
humanoid figure from under the bed, "but whoever uses androids like this is GTO. They're likely tied
jumped out of their skins
fierce as she is does she really think she can
was tough as
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