The Million-Dollar Heart

Asher was about to say something more, but Thomas didn't give him the time of day. With a swift turn, he and his team moved to apprehend the Grimshaws. Asher's brow twitched uncontrollably, feeling as if his dignity was being trampled into the dirt.

"Vivienne, have you considered the consequences of your actions?" Asher gritted his teeth as he glared at Vivienne.

Vivienne, hands in her pockets, exuded an aura of defiance. "Consequences? Never cared for them."

Asher laughed in disbelief, repeating, "Fine, fine, fine! If you choose to dismiss the Grimshaws, then don't blame me for what comes next!"

Raising his voice, Asher commanded, "All Grimshaws, listen up! Attack with full force. Treat all outsiders on our turf as fair game, dead or alive!"

The Grimshaws, always proud and disdainful, whether servants or masters, looked down on everyone else.

Suddenly invaded by Vivienne and Percival, and seeing that their captors were heavily armed-obviously government forces-they had hesitated to fight back. But with Asher's command, they threw caution to the wind and charged at Vivienne's team.

In an instant, chaos erupted.

Vivienne just smiled.

Turning to Percival, her smile was irrepressible. "Mr. Wolf, the world is full of fools gifting us their heads on a platter!"

Percival grinned back, "Free heads, why not take them?"

Then, looking at Leopold and Thomas, he said indifferently, "Leopold, Thomas, if even one Grimshaw escapes, you'll be mining coal on Fariana Isle!"

Leopold, energized as if injected with adrenaline, declared, "Don't worry, Percival. Mining coal won't be my fate!"

attacking a leadership figure of the established security bureau was no

Vivienne and Percival to submit any evidence, the Grimshaws

evidence, their

it certainly won't fall to me. Don't worry, Percival, if even one Grimshaw escapes, I'll make Fariana Isle my new home!" With that, he and Leopold, guns in hand, aimed and fired

the Grimshaws

that Vivienne's team would

initially commanded his people to be ruthless, but even his forces had held

But now...

energy surging, forming an invisible energy sphere in his palm. "You're asking

forward, aiming directly

with a wave, a transparent

it hit cotton. Vivienne and Percival didn't even

staring at Vivienne,

possessed inner

of abilities, that was

the secret

lineage for their mystical arts, like telekinesis or face-shifting, but their true secret was

the ancient warrior lineage's lifeline,

member of the ancient warrior lineage possessed such abilities. Aside from the major families, only a small fraction of the lesser families had them, like the

their abilities again.

in his anger, had carelessly used his ability, thinking it would,

were unharmed,

to mention, had some free time and picked up the ancient warrior lineage's abilities

discovered while translating a secret text found at Scott's place with Finnian. Finnian had failed

Just a fortunate coincidence.

it just so happened that Thaddeus Hawthorn, Isolde Ellington, and Amelia were all there. The

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