The Million-Dollar Heart

Before Leopold could utter another word, Abigail waved her hand, silencing him instantly.

"Today's my lucky day, so I'll spare your life. Just so you can watch as they fall one by one, becoming unwitting pawns in my grand scheme." Leopold's eyes bulged in disbelief.

If looks could kill, he'd have slain the wicked witch a thousand times over and fed her remains to the sharks.

Her grand scheme? Probably the delusions of a madwoman.

And eternal youth? Why didn't she just claim a throne in heaven if she was so capable!

Unfortunately, he was paralyzed, unable to speak a word.

If he could turn back time by just two minutes, he would warn Vivienne and Percival to flee. The witch was after their lives; escaping was their only chance to warn the others. Now, trapped, who would come to their rescue?

Before activating the ritual, Abigail conjured a wave of energy, filling the air with a thick, white mist. Everyone caught within struggled to breathe, and Leopold, previously glaring, passed out in moments. However, Vivienne and Percival, standing ten meters away, remained unaffected, watching coldly. Seeing Vivienne unaffected, Abigail's frustration grew. She increased her energy output, but to no avail. "This is impossible!" she exclaimed.

Vivienne dropped the act, "Nothing's impossible. I was never poisoned to begin with."

Suspicion flashed in Abigail's eyes, but she masked it with a smirk, "Not poisoned? Then why follow me?"

Vivienne's tone was calm, but her gaze was piercing, "I'm here not to be controlled by you, but to see how you bring about your own downfall."

If it weren't for Flynn's warning, she might have fallen into Abigail's trap, thinking the poison was in a pendant. But Flynn's reaction made her realize the poison was on him. Abigail had concocted various toxins, embedding them in Flynn's skin over time, creating a new, untraceable poison.

Flynn, the vessel for her to poison others.

were lethal and without cure. The poison on Flynn's skin, however, caused disorientation, progressing to total

poison was designed not to harm her physically, explaining

realized this during their treatment sessions, refusing her touch to spare her the

bore his pain alone, unaware that his "mother" had

though they had taken antidotes. Vivienne reassured

are you not poisoned? When

Abigail appeared, Vivienne and Percival

not Delilah!"

mistake, "You even considered Delilah's ex-husband. My people following your breadcrumbs, would only be more convinced you were

explained how a simple interrogation

goal, "He

but Vivienne countered, their

aback, Abigail stared at Vivienne, "How do you

"Maybe it's my unique constitution, or maybe your ritual has

her

that look on

and let out a derisive snort. "If I'm not

target my mother back then is

perfect sacrifice had two heartbeats. That's

Abigail mentioned her mother,

years ago, just

compelling reason

pregnancy? That was

realize how much trouble she'd avoided simply by