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!"

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unconscious son, 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 are you

"Please, forgive me, Patriarch!"

the Grimshaws

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

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 parading her around like a trophy

one of the five

to have such a talent? And

Down you go to receive your punishment. I'll give you one more chance. Whatever it takes, that

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

...

in Rivenwood a day later, Victoria

mother who once aided you,

and Percival are both shrewd; you've had past issues with them.

bristled. "But they agreed, then went back on

neutral, though his

definitely capable of such

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

Arthur's gaze darkened momentarily.

a little too

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

deal with the Abernathys was

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

were

concealed her as a

heritage, Victoria had

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