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!"

a leadership figure of the established security bureau was no minor

to submit any

evidence, their

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 at a Grimshaw engaged in

action left the Grimshaws in

that Vivienne's team

even his forces had held back, not even using

But now...

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

struck forward, aiming directly at

simply raised her hand, and with a wave, a transparent barrier shielded her and

it hit cotton. Vivienne and

staring at Vivienne,

possessed inner energy from their

use of abilities, that was beyond

secret of the

for their mystical arts, like telekinesis or face-shifting, but

lineage's lifeline, not to be

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

their abilities again.

ability, thinking it would, if not kill,

were unharmed, looking utterly

up the ancient warrior lineage's abilities for fun. Seems I might be just a

at Scott's place with Finnian. Finnian had failed to decipher it, and the book was returned

Just a fortunate coincidence.

to the Dorian residence to catch up with them, and it just so happened that Thaddeus

series about people with

dinet