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.

of stuff one couldn’t even buy on the black market. There was no way some regular girl could’ve gotten her hands on it, let alone delivered it

scandal that had been buried with money and influence, or the person had another identity altogether, and the profile was crafted to hide

instinct leaned toward the second explanation–Briar’s

had to adjust the needles every fifteen

would’ve felt awkward being stared at by two

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

powerful men

even got bored and pulled out her phone to

The

sounds were

Briar and Ashton,

first

so

the head of the Wade family

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

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

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

huh?” she sneered. “If your acupuncture’s actually working, why does he

started mock However, because

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, eyes cool and full of

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she said flatly. “If you’ve got

at the

a word. Just that one look sent them

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