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!"

structure reminiscent of a middle-age

hurled it at Isaac's forehead. "Useless! Can't even handle a

"Please, forgive me, Patriarch!"

the modern era, the Grimshaws clung to

to his knees, forehead pressed to the ground. "We underestimated the situation. We never anticipated a young woman

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

the five major families, had

possibly boast to have such a talent? And if they

your punishment. I'll give you one more chance. Whatever it takes, that bio-weapon

placed this

...

in Rivenwood a day later, Victoria was still fuming over being

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 are both shrewd; you've had past issues with

then went back on their word. It's

though his opinion of Vivienne

definitely capable of

"Richard's gone senile; I just don't get

Arthur's gaze darkened momentarily.

indeed a

and the rest had chosen her to lead the new

covertly deal with the Abernathys was the most

rest, my position prevents further involvement. Until we know what the Grimshaws want with that weapon, I can't intervene. You want Vivienne's trust? That's on you. I'll expedite the search for your mother; you're running out of

were

her as a comatose patient after

her true heritage, Victoria had been searching for

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