Vivienne muttered under her breath, "Where is he?"

The audacity of someone to mess with the Martinez family; who gave them such guts?

Percival, seeing right through Vivienne's thoughts, picked out a matching jacket from the closet and handed it to her, "At the hospital. Thomas is with him; it shouldn't be anything serious."

Glancing outside at the breaking dawn, Vivienne found herself more speechless about Percival than about Leopold, the troublemaker.

At the hospital...

Leopold was lying in the hospital bed, swathed in bandages from head to toe, looking like a mummy. Only his eyes were visible, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Thomas, standing by with a mix of disdain and admiration, asked, "Leopold, I've got to hand it to you. Did you really think you could take on the Martinez family all by yourself? Are you brave or just brainless?" Leopold managed a stiff glare in response.

What do you know?

It was all for love.

He wasn't about to waste his breath on someone who couldn't understand.

Thomas didn't need a second to catch the subtext, snorting, "Have some dignity, man. If only you had acknowledged Griffin before today, you wouldn't be in this mess, almost beaten to death by the Martinez family."

Leopold was speechless.

Really? Rubbing salt in the wound now?

When Vivienne and Percival arrived, Leopold was tilting his head, enduring Thomas's lecture.

He was furious, yet unable to escape.

After all, he hadn't dared to let his family know about the incident, resorting to calling Thomas instead.

Thomas greeted the newcomers with respect, "Percival, ma'am."

Vivienne nodded slightly and approached Leopold.

clear; he seemed

Not dead, at least.

he was on the verge of tears, his voice

Martinez family's weapons malfunctioned? How

Vivienne have some misunderstanding about "jumping around"? He

for the lady of the

sparing her own

see the anger in Vivienne's eyes now, all his years of keen observation were for naught. Despite his hoarse voice, he

chair for Vivienne to sit, cutting off Leopold's rambling with a glance at Thomas, "The Martinez family took their private justice on

injuries were actually from falling off a wall, blaming the Martinez family was

Leopold was mortified.

were pointing

only Leopold

handed Leopold a pill, cutting to the chase, "Who from the Martinez family

the pill, his voice meek, "Mr. Martinez. He said he was showing respect to my

look with Percival. It seemed

still hope for

is on his way. You better

Them?

widened

meant not just his dad

told them about

place. The whole of Rivenwood knew in less than ten minutes. Did you think you could hide it?" As if on cue, hurried

disgrace the

Let me handle it. You just

This was bad!

legs were still sticking out, making his hiding spot utterly useless. The three onlookers narrowed their eyes

cast for his broken bones, advising against

his eyes instantly locking onto Leopold's failed attempt

You've really grown wings, sneaking into the Martinez family's

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