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!"

City, within the Grimshaw estate-a structure reminiscent of a middle-age castle-Oliver Grimshaw sat at Asher's

desk and hurled it at Isaac's forehead. "Useless!

"Please, forgive me, Patriarch!"

the Grimshaws clung to

underestimated the situation. We never anticipated a young woman

think I'm a fool? 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

one of the five major families, had no

have such a talent?

give you

pounded the desk emphatically. "If fate has placed this opportunity before us, then it's destined

...

the café in Rivenwood a day later, Victoria was still fuming

aided you, could you please convey a message to the Ellingtons? Vivienne and Percival

listened sternly, his fingers tapping the tabletop intermittently. "You're too impulsive. Vivienne and Percival are both shrewd; you've had past issues with

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

his

was definitely

to vent. "Richard's gone senile; I

Arthur's gaze darkened momentarily.

was indeed a little

Lucas and the rest had chosen her to lead the new division

you covertly deal with the

glanced at his watch. "As for the rest, my position prevents further involvement. Until we know what the Grimshaws want with that weapon, I can't intervene. You want Vivienne's

Abernathys were

aunt and concealed her as a

heritage, Victoria had been

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