Vivienne's fingers froze atop her phone screen, Griffin's contact highlighted. The sudden pause was punctuated by a sense of déjà vu.

A café?

Why did that sound so hauntingly familiar?

She pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration. "How could I have forgotten about this?"

Meanwhile, in a café, Victoria perched in a reserved booth, her gaze drifting over the bustling crowd through the panoramic windows.

Irritation flickered in her eyes.

Vivienne!

She really had some nerve!

Twice now!

That wretched woman had stood her up twice!

Calls unanswered, texts ignored, just like she had vanished off the face of the earth. How could Richard have ever approved of such a granddaughter-in-law, bringing shame to the Ellington name?

And Percival!

Birds of a feather indeed. Both just as unreliable as the other!

Victoria gnashed her teeth on the freshly served scones as if she were biting into Vivienne and Percival, those two good-for-nothings. "Let's go find War God! Damn it, I refuse to believe I can't handle the two o you!"

within the Grimshaw estate-a structure reminiscent

he snatched a cup from the desk and hurled it at Isaac's forehead. "Useless! Can't even handle a simple task, and now the young master's been hurt. What use

"Please, forgive me, Patriarch!"

modern era, the

pressed to the ground. "We underestimated the situation. We never anticipated a young woman could be so formidable. I suspect she might come from an ancient warrior

How powerful could a twenty-something-year-old possibly be? Go on, inquire about it. See if there's a family with such a prodigy. Wouldn't those old coots be

as one of the five major

fools possibly boast to have such a talent? And if

to receive your punishment. I'll give you one

fate has placed this opportunity before

...

a day later, Victoria

her words were laced with bitterness. "War God, for the sake of my mother who once aided you, could you please convey a message to the Ellingtons? Vivienne and Percival have gone too far! They're clearly

are both shrewd; you've had past issues

"But they agreed, then went back on their word. It's obvious they want to humiliate

neutral, though his opinion of

definitely capable

"Richard's gone senile; I

Arthur's gaze darkened momentarily.

a little too

chosen her to

mother did help me, and helping you covertly deal with the

Until we know what the Grimshaws want with that weapon, I can't intervene. You want

Abernathys were

her as a comatose patient

Victoria had been searching for

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