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.

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 girl could’ve

scandal that had been buried with money and influence, or the person had

instinct leaned toward the second explanation–Briar’s identity

adjust the needles every fifteen minutes, so

felt awkward being stared at by two

edge of Griffin’s bed. Both Griffin and Ashton ended

men

She even got bored and pulled out her phone to

The

sounds were loud

and Ashton, clearly amused.

first

someone so completely ignore

of the Wade family wasn’t nearly as

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

Miss Jennings,” said Miranda, the housekeeper who managed Griffin’s daily care alongside the bodyguards. She had been looking after him for over

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

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

those military doctors. Emily felt she’d caught a flaw in Briar’s words and started mock However, because Ashton had kicked her out earlier for

still holding her phone, playing her game

Chapter 13

good at this or not,” she said flatly. “If you’ve

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

a word. Just that one look sent them all scrambling, mumbling excuses as they quickly

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