Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

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.

drug Ashton had ordered came from a top–secret lab, the kind of stuff one couldn’t even buy on the black market. There was no way some regular

that vague rarely 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

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

had to adjust the needles every fifteen minutes,

would’ve felt awkward being stared at

the edge of Griffin’s bed. Both Griffin and

powerful men

Briar didn’t care. She even got bored and pulled

The

sounds were loud

glanced between Briar and Ashton, clearly amused.

first

someone so completely

Briar, the head of the Wade family wasn’t nearly as interesting as

few instructions. “Same treatment again in five days. Keep taking your medicine, and more importantly, stay in

care alongside the bodyguards. She had been looking after him for over thirty years and was one

Emily had been waiting with the others. When she overheard that, she immediately jumped in with a

medicine, huh?” she sneered. “If your acupuncture’s actually working, why does he still need that? Or are you just afraid to

had been prescribed by those military doctors. Emily felt she’d caught a flaw in Briar’s words and started mock However, because

even look annoyed. She was still holding her phone, playing her game one- handed. The

Chapter 13

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

at the people outside, and the intensity in his gaze was enough to max

one look sent them all scrambling, mumbling excuses as