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.

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

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

narrowed his eyes. His instinct leaned toward the second

needles every fifteen minutes, so

would’ve felt awkward being stared at by two

Both Griffin and Ashton ended

men in

even got bored and pulled

The

sounds were

between Briar and

first time

someone so

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

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

the housekeeper who managed Griffin’s daily care alongside the bodyguards. She had been looking after him for over thirty years and was one

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

really? So my 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

started mock However, because

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 as she turned slightly,

Chapter 13

she said flatly. “If you’ve got a problem, go talk to Ashton. She didn’t even i back–just pointed her thumb

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

that one look