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."

her eyes, offering no explanation

pressed Dracon, "Did Abigail tell you the Millennia Aegis was

"Where is she?"

refused to answer, feigning ignorance until Vivienne administered a drug that left him bleeding from the mouth within

halting the drug's effects without bothering to provide an antidote, not wanting to deal

only knew her by name. We always communicated over the phone, and

me

you?" Vivienne inquired, adding, "Besides helping you claim the Linklater

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 it. Vivienne couldn't fathom how such hollow promises garnered

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

"Diana?" Vivienne frowned.

eyes clouded with hatred, Dracon confessed, "Yes, don't think I'm unaware that Diana is being held captive by your Perez family. She must be suffering immensely!" "Her pride was crushed by you, and for that, you deserve to

but I can assure you, her remaining

madwoman, one who can only await death in darkness, a wretch covered in

eyes fixed on Vivienne,

"Rest assured, she doesn't deserve the light. She's

In the main hall.

sat at the head, his earlier joy

hands clasped over a black

his aged eyes

on the floor, "Speak up.

Yorick's feet, pleading, "Dad, please save me. My

raised his head, his voice heavy with complexity, "You say your brother

can't abandon me. I'm your son, the one who's been by your side all these years..." "Who else was with you every New Year's Eve, every birthday, if not