Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Briar headed upstairs and took a shower. She didn’t bother drying her hair–just threw on some pajamas and started towel drying it as the powered her laptop.

She hadn’t brought it with her while hanging out with Ellen, so it had been off all day.

The second it booted up, messages started pour

in. Before she could even open any of them, a voice call popped up

Briar paused, slipped on her headphones, and answered, “What’s up, Alex?”

“Good news,” Alex said, sounding way too cheerful. “Someone just dropped a huge chunk of cash on the Hacker Alliance, trying to dig into what you’ve been doing since you got back.”

Briar shrugged. “That’s nothing new. People have been trying to dig into my background.”

“True,” Alex said, laughing. “But guess how much they o

aid this time?”

“How much? Am I finally worth more?” Briar asked casually.

She remembered someone once tried to pay 30 million dollars for her intel, but that deal never went through.

“Not quite that much. They’re not asking for your full résumé–just stuff about your life here with the Jennings family. They’ve got no clue how big you are overseas,” Alex said, clearly hyped. “But get this–they’re offering 15 million dollars just for that!”

Briar paused. She hadn’t realized her connection to the Jennings family was worth that much on its own.

Alex continued, “What if we tell them you’re a top–tier professor at Atrington University and Tristan’s only student? I think we could squeeze another 15

dollars out of

himself for passing up the old 30 million dollars offer. Now he was broke and

“Don’t tell me that Alexia

his wife. Whenever Alex did something dumb, she’d lock him out of his money.

broke for months.

me too well.” Alex

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on financial lockdown for two months. I

I dare you.” Hair half–dry, Briar tossed her towel aside and opened the Hacker Alliance site. There

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real background. She figured

started digging into her the minute she came back. Trouble

You sound mad. I’m not touching it. I’ll reject

their crew, but even if all four of them teamed up, they still

say anything, just

of awkward silence, Alex let out a guilty laugh. “Okay, okay–I already took it. Just figured I’d give

have a dime of pocket money for the next

Chapter 20

ahead and sell them whatever they want. It might help me

should warn you. You’re being watched the second you step back into the country.

six elite hackers. Alex, Alexia, George,

Dark Netz a guy named Dexter. Under his lead, they got