Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 13

Griffin was still really weak. Just sitting up and chatting for a bit left him struggling to breathe.

Briar quickly told Ashton to help him lie down, then w

This time, the treatment was a lot more complicashed b

hands and got to work.

It

two full hours.

Briar had to constantly adjust her technique based on Griffin’s condition. It drained her, but she stayed focused.

Traditional medicine wasn’t widely practiced in Dasmieca

by Briar’s acupuncture skills. He liked her even more now.

50 even someone like Griffin–who’d seen just about everything–was blown away

Ashton stayed the whole time, asking a few questions about Griffin’s condition while secretly keeping an eye on Briar.

Honestly, even though he’d only met her twice, he was getting more and more curious about her.

He’d already looked into her background, but her overseas records were clearly fake–anyone could see that.

Her files claimed she started cutting class and getting into fights when she was fourteen. That was a joke. No one would believe someone like that could handle advanced acupuncture like this.

that experimental drug Ashton had ordered came from a top–secret lab, the kind of stuff one couldn’t even buy on the

came without reason. It was either a sign of a major scandal that had been buried with money and influence, or the person had another identity altogether, and the profile was crafted

narrowed his eyes. His instinct leaned

the needles every fifteen minutes, so she just

people would’ve felt awkward being stared at by two

at the edge of Griffin’s bed. Both Griffin and

men in

even got bored and pulled

The

were loud

between Briar and Ashton, clearly amused. It

the first

someone so

the Wade family wasn’t nearly

Griffin a few instructions. “Same treatment again in five days. Keep taking your medicine, and

Thank you, Miss Jennings,” said Miranda, the housekeeper who managed Griffin’s daily care alongside the bodyguards. She

waiting with the others. When she overheard that, she

acupuncture’s actually working, why does he still need that?

flaw in Briar’s words and started mock However, because Ashton had kicked her out

was just about to walk out the door when she heard it. She didn’t even look annoyed. She was still holding her phone, playing her game one- handed. The breeze blew through her hair

Chapter 13

not the one who gets to judge whether I’m good at this or not,” she said flatly. “If you’ve got a problem, go talk to Ashton. She didn’t even i

name. He looked past her at the people outside, and the intensity in his gaze

need to say a word. Just that one look sent them

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