Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

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Briar, who had been sitting in the car the entire time, finally stepped out. Her expression was blank, her lips pressed tightly together. Seeing her, Connor quickly greeted her, “Miss Jennings, you’re here too.”

Briar nodded in response. “He’s inside. Brandon went in to make the arrest,” Connor reported.

Ashton stood next to Briar, and the two of them made a charming pair. If Alfred hadn’t been so preoccupied with figuring out how to explain things to Ashton, he would have been amazed by the sight.

Briar appeared to have just stepped into adulthood, her fair and youthful features still radiating a hint of sweetness and innocence. However, standing beside Ashton, her presence was undeniably commanding. With someone like Briar, Alfred couldn’t help but think, ‘How could Beatrice, the girl my foolish son is so infatuated with, ever hope to measure up to her?‘

“How long has he been there? Why hasn’t he come out yet? What’s taking Brandon so long? It shouldn’t be this difficult to arrest one guy,” Briar muttered. Connor, upon hearing this, rushed to the door to peek.

Ashton looked at a flustered Alfred and then at Briar, who appeared a bit anxious. “What? Are you worried that Brandon can’t handle the job?”

Briar nodded. “Yeah. If Zayne dares to live here so openly, it means he’s not afraid of being investigated. He must

have a backup plan.”

Ashton took Briar’s hand and tucked it into his pocket along with his own. “What’s there to be afraid of? Whether his identity can stand up to scrutiny or not, that all depends on whether I allow it.”

Briar was momentarily stunned, then burst out laughing. “Ashton, are you thinking of pinning a made–up charge

on him?”

“It’s not like they haven’t killed and robbed before. How is that a false charge?” Ashton thought, ‘Making someone disappear by the book? Piece of cake for me.‘

Briar suddenly felt a twinge of sympathy for Zayne. ‘If you were to mess with me, the worst that could happen is that you’d get hunted down. If you wanted to die, that’d be easy enough,‘ she thought. ‘But if Ashton is after you, even death isn’t that straightforward.’”

A few minutes later, a man with salt and pepper hair and black–rimmed glasses was escorted out by Brandon’s men. It was Zayne,

Connor felt nothing but disdain for Zayne. He was acutely aware of the many horrific crimes Zayne had committed in secret. Having spent years on the border dealing

a way, refreshingly direct. If they were wronged, they settled the score openly, with nothing to hide. Even under capture and torture, they refused to stoop to

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so chilling

into silence.

121 Mercenary Organization set their sights on Zayne because he dared to use the bodies of their fallen brothers as test subjects, creating various drugs specifically designed to target

me, will you?” Connor jogged over, eager

hands.

the way

you mean? This guy’s supposed

interrogate him first.

hand froze in mid–air. “Miss Jennings wants him? Are

know how to deal with a

to decide. With Mr. Wade here, do you think this bastard

him over to me. Don’t go trying to snatch him away!” He figured that if Briar wanted to interrogate the man, Ashton would

and even if he wanted to take

said. ‘By

done anyway,‘ he thought.

calm until that moment, suddenly appeared a bit

and Connor talking.

pampered Rosalia into a puppet for us. No matter how

pose?‘

methods. Although Ashton had appeared polished and had acted swiftly with an air of cold sophistication, it would have been a mistake to be deceived. His reputation for ruthlessness had been

feared because Ashton was more ruthless and domineering than anyone else, In recent years, Ashton had rarely

attributed to Ashton, who not only commanded an elite force of mercenaries but also operated

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