Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 45

A few minutes later, Briar slung her backpack over her shoulder, popped in her earbuds, and headed out the door.

It only took five or six minutes to get to campus if she cut through the side streets, but walking from the university gates to the infirmary took over twenty minutes.

Still, Briar strolled along slowly, hands tucked in her pockets, taking her time. She hadn’t even known which direction the infirmary was in and had to pull up the Shoneport University map on her phone to figure it out.

The infirmary wasn’t far from the Traditional Medicine girls‘ dorm.

Briar pieced it together: Lydia and her crew must’ve gone straight to the infirmary to get her back checked out before ratting her out to the advisor.

But she doubted they’d take it to Joshua, the only Traditional Medicine advisor around today. After all, they’d have noticed by now that

Joshua had taken a shine to her.

Not wanting to let the issue slide and hoping to teach her a lesson, they’d gone to the advisor instead. ‘Clever move, but pretty low, Briar

thought.

phone

the day’s drama had left her in a foul mood–but

“Briar, where are you?

raised an eyebrow, surprised he was taking her side right off the bat. She decided to

started it?”

way,” Frank shot back without missing a beat. “Ashton says you’re too laid–back to go picking fights. Someone must’ve come at you first,

a notch. “Yeah, I got jumped, I’m heading to the

with panic. “Don’t go alone–you’ll get ganged

the phone, like Frank was

it off, her tone calm but firm. “It’s fine. It’s just a little drama.

If Ashton finds out, he’ll kill me,” Frank insisted, practically begging her to share

her eyes, biting back a

just scared of getting chewed

end, she relented and told him where she was. Frank made her promise to stay put until

first… wasn’t Frank. It was Ashton. As Briar stood under a tree, she spotted a tall figure striding toward her.

she spotted a tall figure striding toward her. At first, she thought her

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