Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 169

It all started to make sense. In the small town of Dasmieca, besides the Jennings family, the only person who seemed to hold a grudge garest Briar s Hayden.

‘She furrowed her brow in thought, wondering, “But… did I even do anything to Hayden?

‘The only thing I can think of is that I was with Ashton the day Hayden got hurt. If he really couldn’t get over that embarrassment and wanted revenge, wouldn’t he go after Ashton instead?

‘So why did he go to the Hacker Alliance and put a hit out on me? What kind of twisted thinking is that?

‘Tsk, tsk.

It looks like the people backing Hayden are just as shady as he is.’

Her expression shifted as her fingers flew over the keyboard, bringing up the Hayden family’s file on her screen.

But the more she investigated, the more confused she became.

The entire file seemed suspicious, especially the records from the years preceding their departure for Qathana. There was so rouch information that had been deliberately erased.

Strangely, those were the same years when her mother disappeared, went into a downward spiral, and ended up in a mental hospital.

Briar didn’t believe in coincidences. For her, coincidences were simply illusions crafted to mislead others.

She was determined to uncover the truth about her mother.

She thought, ‘Could the Garza family be connected to my mom’s mental breakdown and her tragic end?

‘It seems like finding Sawyer isn’t enough. I need to dive into Hayden’s background as well and uncover what secrets his family is hiding.”

Briar closed her laptop and nestled under the blankets, her mind racing with thoughts. After some time, she picked up her phone and dialed Ashton.

“Briar.” The call barely rang twice before Ashton answered. Hearing his familiar, calming voice instantly eased her restless mind.

“Ashton, are you free tonight? I’d like to take you out for dinner,” Briar told him. She couldn’t explain that he’d helped her get through a challenging situation with a dangerous group, so she kept it vague.

hadn’t expected her to call just for dinner. “Of

I’ll come pick you up

“Sure, I’ll be

rarely dined at places he wasn’t familiar with, as he

the city, there were always people looking to take advantage of him. Wherever he went,

was quite

for his fighting/abilities, and rumor had it he

lately, Briar chose a popular local restaurant that turned out to

called out,

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was banging on her doorbell loudly, shouting as if they thought she

changed, and went to open the door as she grumbled, “You better have a good reason

as Briar opened the door, lan rushed in like he was escaping a fire and pulled Briar

the couch while lan crashed onto the other sofa, trying to catch his breath.

“Pretty much. If I hadn’t gotten away

now.”

as she asked,

of days, lan had been watching Sawyer, the doctor at Shoneport University. They not only

to spy on Sawyer, he almost got caught. Having lived a dangerous life filled with risky jobs for years, he had learned many tricks to stay

had still made Sawyer

the DDC Vanguard Base found out what happened,

listen. Now that

ordinary guy; he was tough to take down, so Briar resigned herself to letting him do

It’s only been a day, and he’s already gotten himself into

“If it wère just Sawyer who saw me,

launched into the whole story of how he was spotted and how he managed to

shared, “Briar, there’s definitely something seriously wrong with Sawyer. Didn’t you say that when those

got all these organ models on display, but a few of those rooms are

did! I saw people getting their bellies sliced open; there were guts everywhere. It was