Vivienne and Percival exchanged a glance, a mutual skepticism reflected in their eyes.
Was it any wonder that Griffin and Leopold seemed to have such chemistry? Godfrey was sick, and their first instinct was to shoot a video and snap pictures?
How had the Martinez family not throttled them yet?
But alas, Vivienne hadn't managed to watch the video.
Before she could even click play, her phone-juiced up from Leopold's car charger-began to buzz.
Brody's voice came through the call, tinged with utter despair, "Specter Healer! Where on earth did you get that medicine? She's been hopping around her room for half an hour! It took a heavy-duty sedative to knock her out, and she's still hopping in her sleep! My spotless lab is a mess now!"
Brian's laughter boomed, "Hahaha, Vivienne, where did you score that prank potion? That woman, she's like a marionette straight out of a movie, absolutely hilarious!"
At the Martinez Mansion.
Griffin's parents, Stellan and Penelope, stood guard outside the patriarch's room.
To better observe Godfrey, they had gouged a peephole into the solid wooden door. The Martinez family circled around it, three layers deep.
They peered inside at Godfrey with a mix of emotions as if viewing a rare specimen.
"When's Griffin getting back? If he keeps this up, he'll bleed out."
Stellan was practically glued to the peephole, almost sticking his head through.
His wife, Penelope, stood shoulder-to-shoulder with him, mirroring his posture, her face etched with worry. "Who could have snuck into our home undetected in the middle of the night?"
only daughter, Audrey Martinez, snorted, "That's not all. Dad was once a renowned master among the noble families. How could he be taken
talking about!
me? If it weren't for his insistence that I marry into
scar on her face, her gaze
here out
her brothers wouldn't even tell her, denying
glared at her. "You're beyond
eldest, couldn't take the bickering any longer and shouted, "What's with all the fighting? Lancelot, call Griffin. See where they are. If we delay any further, it might be too late for Dad!" Through the peephole, they saw
someone trained in martial arts, the high difficulty of his movements made
with dark circles under
closer look revealed fresh blood slowly trickling from the corners of Godfrey's mouth,
was frantic! He had been in charge of the Martinez family's biochemical
this,
it be? Who wanted to harm the Martinez family
and anxious voice
the Specter
at the sound of the voice, his bloodshot eyes
wrist, said, "Dad, it's her, Leopold's senior, Vivienne. She's the Specter
should know him, Dad. Let me take Vivienne in to treat Grandpa now. Any questions, you can
stop his determined daughter, watching their retreating figures, puzzled. "Mr. Ellington, your wife
as the Specter Healer was known only to those close
being overwhelmed by the sick and needy
looked too young. Nothing like
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