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.

neared the infirmary, her phone

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

nervous. “Briar, where

bat. She decided

started it?”

says you’re too

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

Frank’s voice spiked with panic. “Don’t go alone–you’ll get ganged up on! Tell me where you are.

footsteps through the phone, like Frank

off, her tone calm but firm. “It’s fine. It’s just a little drama. They wouldn’t dare

he’ll kill me,” Frank insisted, practically

her eyes,

or just scared of

she relented and told him where she was. Frank made her promise to

It was Ashton. As Briar stood under a tree, she spotted a tall figure

Briar stood under a tree, she spotted a tall figure striding toward her. At first, she

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