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?"
followed closely behind her. "What's
to notice the syringe Willa was holding. In the shaft of morning sunlight, the
"I can tell their target was specific. They weren't trying to
the potion in the syringe, "But why involve
her head and handed the syringe
night before, she asked, "Vivienne, how much do you know about the ancient
paused, "Apart from the Perez and Martinez families,
some knowledge of, she
as he shook his head slowly. "I only knew of the ancient warrior lineage through the Abernathy family,
had centuries-old legacies, many secrets
scant; without these individuals revealing themselves, they might
then said, "Aunt Willa, are
Willa nodded. "I've spent years tracking down the F-Poison, but I've
At the pinnacle of their
course, including the Sheldons would make it
skills and
Perez, Martinez, and Abernathy families, there remained the
out a humanoid figure from under the bed, "but whoever uses androids like
jumped
she is does she really think she can just whip out something like
was tough
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