The Million-Dollar Heart

Sasha shot Vivienne a knowing look before stepping out to confront Arthur.

Vivienne understood that Arthur's actions were for her sake.

He had personally severed the ties of kinship.

Now, it was all up to her.

Moving forward, Vivienne knelt down, shaking a few silver needles in her hand, "Dracon, I'm not my dad. I don't have any familial patience for you, so I'd advise you not to waste my time." "Where's Abigail?"

Dracon's eyelids twitched, but his expression remained unchanged, "Who's Abigail? I have no idea what you're talking about."

With a flick of her wrist, Vivienne inserted two needles into his pressure points, causing Arthur to grimace in unbearable pain.

Her voice grew colder, "You've done so much for her, even risking so much to find the Millennia Aegis for her, and now you're telling me you don't know who she is? Do I look like a toddler to you?" Dracon's face turned ashen, especially upon hearing 'Millennia Aegis', his eyes betraying a flicker of recognition.

Yet, he stubbornly remained silent.

Vivienne played a recording for him, a conversation between him and Abigail, discussing the Millennia Aegis. The voice had been altered, making it untraceable, but Dracon couldn't deny his own voice. "You bugged me?"

Finally understanding where he slipped up, Dracon realized.

Calmly retrieving her phone, Vivienne stated, "Dracon, one must know their limits. You reached into the Perez family's domain, it was time for me to intervene."

Knowing he was no match for Vivienne, Dracon turned his head away, refusing to speak further, "Since you have it, I have nothing more to say."

merely narrowed her eyes,

the Millennia Aegis was

"Where is she?"

feigning ignorance until Vivienne administered a drug that left him bleeding from the mouth within moments. Fearing for his life, Dracon quickly

effects without bothering to provide an antidote, not wanting to deal with the hassle

actually met Abigail, only knew her by name. We always communicated over the phone, and she was the one

me about

did she promise you?" Vivienne inquired, adding, "Besides helping you claim the

was something Dracon, a man of little accomplishment, would cling to. Even if he were given the Linklater family's legacy, he lacked the capacity to uphold

glint of desperation appeared in Dracon's eyes as he revealed, "She said she'd help

"Diana?" Vivienne frowned.

that Diana is being held captive by your Perez family. She must

smirk, "Indeed, she's not dead, but I can assure

who can only await death in darkness, a

fixed

deserve the light. She's

In the main hall.

head, his earlier

hands clasped over a black cane,

Dracon was dragged in did his aged

on the floor, "Speak up. Let's hear what

pleading,

heavy with complexity, "You say your brother

your son, the one who's been by your side all these years..." "Who else was with you every