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.

on the black market. There was no way some regular girl could’ve gotten her hands on it, let alone

sign of a major scandal that had been buried with money and influence, or the person had another identity altogether, and

narrowed his eyes. His instinct leaned toward the second explanation–Briar’s identity was

the needles every fifteen minutes, so

being stared at by

Both

powerful men in

didn’t care. She even got bored

The

sounds were loud

between Briar and Ashton, clearly amused.

first time

someone so completely

Briar, the head of the Wade family

instructions. “Same treatment again in five days. Keep taking your medicine,

bodyguards. She had been looking after him for

others. When she overheard that, she immediately jumped in with

grandpa still has to take regular medicine, huh?” she sneered. “If your acupuncture’s actually working, why does he still need that? Or are you just afraid to take him off it because

a flaw in Briar’s words and started mock However, because Ashton had kicked her out earlier for being too loud, she didn’t realize that Griffin already looked a lot

didn’t even look annoyed. She was still holding her phone, playing her

Chapter 13

said flatly. “If you’ve got

said his name. He looked past her at the

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

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