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Halle and Camden searched everywhere but couldn’t find Briar. Instead, they stumbled upon an unconscious Beatrice in a small grove. “Beatrice!” Halle’s high–pitched voice echoed through the woods, startling a flock of birds into flight. “Beatrice, what happened to you?”

Camden rushed to Beatrice’s side, his eyes wide with rage and shock as he took in the unnatural angles of her right

arm and leg. “Mom, Beatrice’s right arm and leg… they’re both broken.”

Halle staggered, her heart sinking. Beatrice Jennings was a remarkably talented dancer. A broken arm could be treated, but a broken leg was a dancer’s worst nightmare. “Who did this? Who harmed Beatrice?” Halle felt herself

on the brink of losing her mind.

Beatrice was Halle’s most tremendous pride, the one thing she could present to the world. If Beatrice’s leg was truly broken and she could never dance again, any hope of the two of them rising to the elite would be lost.

Camden had already called an ambulance and informed Edgar about the situation. It was a serious matter, and as

the head of the Jennings family, Edgar would demand answers from Shoneport University.

Meanwhile, Briar walked over to the gym bleachers, located Ashton and the others, and took a seat. She leaned in

and whispered, “Ashton, was it your group that stopped Robert?”

Ashton took Briar’s hand and gently played with her fingers. “I thought you might need someone to keep him

occupied for a little while.”

Hamish couldn’t take it anymore. “Can you two stop being lovey–dovey? I’m about to throw up from all this affection,” he said. ‘Honestly, they should be discussing something serious, yet they’re still flirting and acting all

Hamish thought in

off his teasing.

well. Did something happen?”

photo she had taken in the school infirmary and showing it

ever seen this

and examined it closely, furrowing his brows. “It seems

on regular medication. Is there an issue with this

stands nearly drowned it out. “My mom took

immediately. “Are you certain you saw it correctly?” He recalled the email from the Legendary Hacker Bree, which stated

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only daughter of the Grant family, Rosalia had been sheltered all her life. It didn’t add up that someone so

unsettling was that Rosalia was found in a hospital, having lost her sanity. In just a month, she went from a typical woman to a severely disturbed patient. Even with possible abuse during her absence, such a rapid

it would have taken someone like Edgar–the man who slept beside her

Briar’s apparent disdain for everyone in the Jennings family, especially Edgar, he began connecting the dots. He was stunned when Briar said her mom had lost her mind after taking medicine bearing that

this isn’t the right place to talk,”

guided Briar

was parked in the lot next to the gym, with Brandon waiting inside. When he saw Ashton guiding Briar -her

in the car. Her voice was still tense, but the anger

move without us knowing. If his drug matches the one that affected your mom, there’s a bigger operation behind it. Otherwise, such

a deep

be fabricated. Xavion is investigating the matter, but it will take some time to uncover the truth. So far, we’ve discovered that he was a top student at Foothill Academy overseas, where he specialized in

father is Zayne,” Ashton added,

Ashton’s meaning. “So, the one supplying