Willa's cheeks flushed a deeper shade of red as she listened.

Without waiting for any further discussion about the wedding plans, she hurriedly made her escape.

Before Maddox followed her, he gave Vivienne a quiet thumbs-up, "If this wedding pulls through, you're the hero we celebrate."

Vivienne chuckled, "If Uncle Maddox and Willa really tie the knot, I'm all for taking the credit."

But she wasn't exactly lying earlier. Willa always dressed in dark colors, but with her naturally pale skin and raven-black hair, red would only make her look more striking.

In the backyard.

Finnian had just returned from the foyer when he saw Vivienne sitting at the outdoor stone table, clearly waiting for him.

Frowning slightly, he couldn't help but nag, "Young lady, you know your condition and yet here you are sitting outside in the night air. Aren't you worried about your fiancé fretting over you?" Vivienne poured a cup of tea and pushed it across the table, not intending to drink any herself, and tilted her chin up, "Mr. Wolf is making me a midnight snack. He'll be here soon." Finnian, "..."

Maybe he was the one worrying too much.

After all, if his apprentice set her mind to something, not even her doting fiancé could stop her, let alone her old master.

Sitting down, Finnian took a sip of the warm tea before speaking, "What's up?"

"Abigail has disappeared."

Vivienne's tone was calm, but Finnian nearly jumped, his eyebrows knitting tightly, "Disappeared? Didn't you capture her after injuring her?"

"To be precise, she was consumed by a magical array, becoming its first sacrifice. We didn't even get a chance to intervene."

Vivienne was telling the truth.

Finnian was stunned.

He could hardly believe that Abigail's fate would end like this. During their encounter, he had sensed that Abigail's magical energy was formidable, especially the unique power within her, which was higher than he had anticipated. But there was one thing.

couldn't discern Abigail's

without any signs of disguise or bone modification, yet whose facial features and bones didn't match, appeared to be

a first for him, and if his suspicions were

Finnian asked, "What about the body? Did you find it? The array consuming her would only absorb her blood and vital essence, but the

which meant they hadn't found any

This was her concern.

and the array was her creation, so escaping at a

to confirm her

body with

was truly the array backfiring, even if she's still alive, she'd be barely hanging on. Arrays powered by magical artifacts are often tricky; breaking them usually requires a death."

nearly choked on his tea, staring at

Millennia Aegis is

nodded, explaining the situation with

and Delilah that disappeared; the Millennia Aegis, which they had damaged, was gone

the array dissipated so

"This..."

mouth, eventually sighing, "That

Vivienne, "..."

worked up wasn't the situation itself, nor concern for her safety,

seemed to think of something, pondering for a moment, "Are you suspecting Abigail might use the

suspect Abigail might sacrifice

Vivienne: "Not yet."

as you say, Abigail and that person were both consumed by the array, even if she

looked up

researched, currently, there's nothing that

Plus, with Abigail severely injured,

It's unlikely

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