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!"

figure of the established security bureau was no

submit any

evidence, their fate was

and added, "If it's a task Mr. Sterling won't be doing, 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 at a Grimshaw engaged

action left the Grimshaws in

could never have anticipated that Vivienne's team would actually open

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

But now...

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

struck forward, aiming

hand, and with a wave, a transparent barrier

strike felt like it hit cotton. Vivienne and Percival didn't

incredulously staring at Vivienne,

Vivienne possessed inner energy from their previous

her use of abilities, that was beyond

secret of the ancient warrior

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

lineage's lifeline, not

abilities. Aside from the major families, only a small fraction of the lesser families had them, like the once-prominent Boyds, who

their abilities again.

carelessly used his ability, thinking it would, if not kill, then

they were unharmed, looking

and picked up the ancient warrior lineage's abilities for fun. Seems I might be just a bit stronger than

text found at Scott's place with Finnian. Finnian had failed to

Just a fortunate coincidence.

the Dorian residence to catch up with them, and it just so happened that Thaddeus Hawthorn, Isolde Ellington, and Amelia were

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