The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 184

Vivienne rose from her seat. Her aura had now taken a dark turn.

She changed into her clothes, her face stern. “Have the police been informed?”

They’ve been alerted. The cops are at Ivan’s place, querying the situation” Lysander replied

“I see.” Vivienne hung up the call

As she made her way out, she dialed Jaylan Lockwood’s number, speaking concisely, “I need all the

surveillance footage from the stretch between Havenwood Gymnasium and Cloudcrest High School”

The school bus of Cloudcrest High had been hijacked, and Jaylan, as the head of the local detective

unit, was on the case in no time.

After hearing this from Vivienne, he was initially taken aback but quickly understood “Alright”

Vivienne was the young Mistress of the Nine Mystics Society

When her students were in trouble, she couldn’t possibly sit idle

Jaylan was quick. He sent the surveillance data to Vivienne’s phone within two minutes

In the living room, Donan and Cordelia looked up to see Vivienne exiting Her face was stormy, and she

was making calls as she walked

Vivienne dialed another number Matthew, gather all disciples Tell them to meet here in Havenwood and

seal off all entrances and exits”

On the other end Matthew, upon hearing Vivienne’s call realized something was wrong

He hurriedly responded, “Yes. I’ll arrange it right away!”

After a pause, Vivienne gave him another order. “Pick me up at Tranquil Estates”

“Affirmative”

After hanging up. Vivienne dialed another number. “Draven, issue an Order of the Nine Mystics Society

Everyone must seal their city entrances, including all major mountain roads Block all exits from

Havenwood!”

Draven looked horrified. Mistress, what happened?”

This was the second time the young Mistress had issued an Order of the Nine Mystics Society The last

time was against the Hawthorn family, but only a portion of the members were mobilized.

This time, she was mobilizing everyone and blocking all exits from Havenwood

Draven could sense the gravity of the situation.

“My students have been kidnapped”

She only said a few words, but Draven could sense Vivienne’s simmering rage

He knew better than anyone how protective their young Mistress was of her own!

Even if she couldn’t remember all their names, she would protect anyone under her

Not to mention those students whom Vivienne personally cared for

Who dared to mess with her students?

“understand I’ll arrange it right away”

As Vivienne stepped out of the house, Dorian and Cordelia were left aghast

Did they just hear something about blocking all roads?

What was going on?

What was Vivienne up to?

Before they could react, the door had already shut

At the entrance of Tranquil Estates, as soon as Vivienne stepped out, Matthew’s car drove up

in fact Matthew stayed close to Vivienne He was ready to act at a moment’s notice

Vivienne climbed into the car and quickly switched on her phone transforming it into a minicomputer

If anyone else was there they would be amazed. This was the latest muscomputer developed by

Alliance Enterprises. it was not yet availal market

Vivienne quickly made a few moves on the computer soon finding the footage of the hijacking

The culprits all masked acted swiftly After stopping the bus, they stabbed ivan and threw him off

without mercy.

Then they seized control of the students with their weapons

This was the footage from the outside of the bus, the inside was blurred

Vivienne’s face turned grimmer as she closed the surveillance, continuing to oper

computer.

Soon, the inside surveillance footage appeared on her computer

Just as Vivienne hacked into the surveillance, a man in a golden mash waved at the camera. “Hi friend,

I knew you would find I’ve been waiting for

you.”

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Vivienne squinted, and her body began emanating an icy aura.

“How about we play a game? Let’s see if you can find me and rescue your students.” The man propped

his chin up with his finger as a playful glint appeared in his eye. “My original task was to get something

from you, but I’m a competitive guy. You hacked my computer last time, and that bothered me. Let’s do

this. If you can rescue them from me, we’ll call it even”

Vivienne stared at the surveillance footage as her lips curled into a smile

So, it was the same man who had helped Arabella frame Dorian online, the one whose computer she

had hacked, the one whose back was all she had

seen

Another attack from GTO

Interesting! She hadn’t even gone looking for them, and here they were

Relentlessly trying to bring her down.

“Oh, and you have to not only save them but also your fiancé’s sister What was her name? Isolde?

Yes, that’s ar

The smile froze on Vivienne’s face as she quickly pulled out another phone and dialed Cecilia

As soon as the call connected, Vivienne asked. “Cecilia, where’s Isolde?”

Tsolde has been kidnapped!” Cecilia was crying hysterically on the other end “Vivienne, what do we

do? If anything happens to Isolde, I won’t be able to

live!”

Vivienne’s face grew colder She now looked as cold as a glacier in the arctic. She suppressed her rage

and spoke with patience Tell me what happened first How was Isolde kidnapped?”

“We were just about to hit the hay last night when, out of the blue, some thugs broke in and snatched

Isolde Cecilia’s voice was trembling.

Vivienne furrowed her brows Didn’t Mr. Ellington arrange for your protection?

Yes, but they were too many Initially, they targeted me, so Percival’s men were too busy fending them

off to notice Isolde. They Took advantage of the chaos, grabbed her, and made a quick exit. We

couldn’t catch up

Vivienne pinched the bridge of her nose “Go to my place for now. There will be people to protect you.

Leave the rest to me

She hung up and glanced at the surveillance video footage inside the school bus

The man seemed to know that Vivienne would check on Isoldes safety, so he kept silent

When he thought enough time had passed, he began. This is a multiple–choice question, my friend.

Let’s see, would you save your students or your fiance’s sister? I’m quite impressed with myself for

coming up with such an exciting game Tick–tock. But you’d better hurry, you only have thirty minutes

Once the time is up, the game is over”

The man finished, and the screen went black.

Vivienne closed her laptop with a poker face.

Matthew pulled up in front of a club and turned to Vivienne “He probably has your students and Isolde

in different locations. We only have half an hour We can only save one What do we do? Who should

we save first?

Vivienne didnt answer. Her fingers were speeding over her phone

She had to save them both

But she had to save her students in Class Eighteen first.

If it came down to the wire and someone had to die, she could not let forty–five students perish.

It was a tough choice

But she had to make it

Soon two locations popped up on her computer screen

Vivienne got out of the car

Suddenly eight formidable figures approached

“Mystic Mistress Where is your so–called fiance? Dawson stormed over, looking ready to tear Percival

apart

Vivienne didn’t have time for idle chatter She ordered curtly. “Jerry, you and your team block the south

city exit. Daniel, you take the north. Donald, you guys head to the city gate”

Her gaze landed on Eric You want here Someone will come to you Go to this location

She handed Eric the coordinates for isoldes location

Enc was a skilled medic and a fighing master Vivienne felt relieved after ent

As she left, she added. Remember, keep her sale at all costs, until i get there.”

The eight men instantly grew serious “Yes”

him with isolde’s safety.