"Mr. Wolf, let's go."

Vivienne took Percival's hand, their eyes meeting with a shared look of tenacity and resolve.

It was time to tear open the curtain of complacency with this Sadie and Julian incident. It was about time those arrogant fools realized that not everything in this world could be shaken by the ancient warrior lineages!

Outside the police station, Harrison's half-lit face flickered in the dim light. He touched his swollen cheek gingerly, fingers coming away dusted in grime.

That was the mark left by Vivienne's boot when she kicked up the dirt in her haste.

"The Ellington family, the Hawthorn family... Good for them!"

At the Abernathy estate.

Early in the morning, Victoria's courtyard was abuzz with activity as people came and went, busy with their duties.

The moment Victoria stepped through the gate, a thunderous roar echoed clearly to her ears, and her emotions tumbled through surprise before settling on bewilderment.

the arm, urgently asking,

the truth, "The young master has been beaten,

Harrison was beaten?

with intrigue, and though doubts lingered, her heart felt

glanced back at Seaton, her stoic bodyguard in a sharp black suit, who shook his head indicating he was also in the

considered heir apparent by Gavin; he held a

personal combat skills, outsiders usually showed him a modicum of respect

now, someone had

shall we go in and have a

for the world. Victoria's lips curled into a smile at the

louder. Gavin's furious voice, accompanied by the sounds of tables being slapped and dishes crashing, could be heard from inside, "This is outrageous! Do the Ellingtons truly think they are

paused, her face

Gavin," Madeline's voice, affected and melodramatic, broke through, "Don't be so angry. There's no point in ruining your health over a trivial girl like Vivienne. She doesn't have any real power; she's just caught Mr. Ellington's

angry? That old Richard never respected me, choosing to cut ties with his daughter rather than support me. And now, decades later, his grandchildren have the audacity to attack our family! It's as if they're cut from the same cloth, that Vivienne, just

was the one who hit Harrison?" After standing in the yard for a while, Victoria pieced

she'd indirectly avenged her, Victoria thought it only fair to let slide the incident

shamelessly slander the Ellington family, any sense of relaxation on her face evaporated like mist. What in the world had her mother seen

following behind Victoria, noticed her hesitation at

crossed his eyes. Victoria used to

expression, Victoria replied, "Why bother with Harrison? We'd be better off thinking about how to retrieve what

courtyard to when she walked away, all the commotion was drowned out by Gavin's

his discomfort, peered through the screen door, catching a glimpse of a familiar silhouette. His eyes flickered with

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