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!"

Northway City, within the Grimshaw estate-a structure reminiscent of a middle-age castle-Oliver Grimshaw

at Isaac's forehead. "Useless! Can't even handle a simple task, and now the young master's

"Please, forgive me, Patriarch!"

era, the Grimshaws

situation. We never anticipated a young woman could be

Go on, inquire about it. See if there's a family with such a prodigy. Wouldn't those old coots be parading her around like a trophy by

the

fools possibly boast to have such a talent? And if

give you

emphatically. "If fate has placed this opportunity

...

a day later, Victoria

aided you, could you please convey a message to the

too impulsive. Vivienne and Percival are both shrewd; you've had past issues with them. It's no wonder they don't trust you." "They could just

then went back on

remained neutral, though his opinion

definitely

to vent. "Richard's gone senile; I just

Arthur's gaze darkened momentarily.

indeed a little

and the rest had chosen her to lead the

me, and helping you covertly deal with the Abernathys was the most I

we know what the Grimshaws want with that weapon, I can't intervene. You want Vivienne's trust? That's on

Abernathys were masters

concealed her as a comatose

Victoria had been searching for her

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