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!"

of the established security bureau

needing Vivienne and Percival to submit

evidence,

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

left the Grimshaws

anticipated that Vivienne's team would actually

his forces had held back, not even using their ancient

But now...

his inner energy surging, forming an invisible energy

palm struck forward, aiming directly at

a wave, a transparent barrier shielded her

cotton. Vivienne and Percival didn't

staring at

knew Vivienne possessed inner energy from their

her use of abilities, that was beyond

such abilities were the secret of the ancient warrior

for their mystical arts, like telekinesis

the ancient warrior lineage's lifeline,

not every 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 once-prominent Boyds, who lacked such abilities,

their abilities again.

carelessly used his ability, thinking it would, if

were unharmed, looking

speaking leisurely, "Forgot to mention, had some free time and picked up the ancient warrior lineage's abilities for fun. Seems I might be just

of the ability was recent, discovered while translating a secret text found at Scott's place with Finnian. Finnian had failed to

Just a fortunate coincidence.

with them, and it just so happened that Thaddeus Hawthorn, Isolde Ellington, and Amelia were all there. The two was engrossed in a

series about people with

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