Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

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As soon as they stepped out of the infirmary, Leilani’s legs began to tremble again. She cast a wary glance at the nearly deserted path and said in a shaky voice, “Briar, I can go back to my dorm by myself. You don’t have to walk

me back…”

Briar, who was walking ahead, suddenly stopped and turned around, fixing Leilani with a cold, emotionless gaze

that felt as if she were being cut to pieces. “I never intended to walk you back.”

Leilani asked in fear, “So… Can I leave now?”

“Go ahead,” Briar replied, still standing there without moving an inch.

Leilani felt a flicker of relief, hoping that Briar would truly let her off the hook this time. “Thank you! I appreciate it. Don’t worry, I won’t mention anything about what happened today…”

“Nothing happened today, got it?” Briar said with a slight click of her tongue.

Leilani was startled and quickly corrected herself. “Yes, yes, nothing happened today.” Without daring to look at Briar again, she limped away.

As soon as Leilani disappeared from view, Robert came running up. Spotting Briar standing on the path outside the infirmary, he let out a harsh snort, brushed past her, and hurried inside. Less than two minutes later, he burst

out again, blocking Briar’s path and urgently asking, “Where’s Beatrice?”

Briar regarded him with cool detachment. “How would I know?”

“How could you not know? Didn’t you come to the infirmary together?” Robert exclaimed, reaching for Briar’s arm,

but she easily sidestepped him.

Briar scoffed. She asked, “When did you see us walk in here together?”

y–you

together, we have to come here together

was left speechless. Briar noticed how Robert seemed lost entirely and let out a mocking laugh before turning to leave. He tried to stop her, but the

farther and farther away, so lost in thought

strangely, doesn’t she?”

was quickly captivated by the subtext

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you agree that she’s nothing like a typical college student?”

and considered it, his expression

seem like a typical student at

and her lifestyle was anything but proper.

college student; if anything, she resembled a former troublemaker just pretending to be nice. She was the type who bullied Beatrice every single day–truly bad to the core, inside

“I just heard you were looking for

anger quickly shifted to concern. “Why isn’t she here? I saw her leave with Briar and the others.” It was all his fault–he had gotten caught

Briar pay them off on purpose?‘ But then another thought struck him, ‘How could

was overlooking something significant.

let out a profound sigh. “I know it’s probably reckless to

that injured student to the infirmary earlier, I noticed a whiff of blood on her. You know

especially sensitive

“Blood?” he thought. ‘But Briar didn’t have a scratch on

like blood? And why didn’t I

happen to her?” Sawyer patted Robert on the shoulder, appearing to comfort him, but in reality, he was merely planting the thought in Robert’s mind that something bad

“What should I do? I’ll call my brother right now. Yes, I’ll

accomplished his objective, Sawyer paid no further attention to the frantic Robert and turned back

Yet, no one noticed the cold, sinister smile that

has to be Briar -she must have done something! What can I do? I can’t find Beatrice anywhere!” He didn’t even notice when Sawyer had left.

sounded frustrated. “What nonsense are you talking about

missing! But I know