Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Ashton had no choice but to give Briar a quick rundown of the news from Brandon. As soon as he finished, Briar shot up in bed. “Where is he?” she demanded.

Jake, just a street thug, had somehow caught the attention of a foreign underground organization. There had to be something about him that drew those kinds of people in.

If they could just get a proper interrogation out of Jake, they might be able to dig up the secrets behind that

organization.

It was clear that Briar was thinking the same thing as Ashton. She couldn’t lie still any longer and was itching to interrogate him herself.

Ashton wouldn’t dare let Briar go interrogate anyone at this hour, especially with her bloody, no–holds–barred style. Jake wouldn’t even survive a single round with her. She’d probably play him to death before they got any

answers.

“Baby, it’s too late now. We can interrogate him in the morning. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure he’s all yours to question. No one else will touch him,” Ashton said, gently pushing Briar back under the covers. “I’ve got Brandon watching him personally. Nothing’s going to happen to him.”

Briar reluctantly lay back down, but then, belatedly, she realized something was off. “Ashton, why are you in my bed?”

She’d been so focused on the news Ashton had just shared, and she trusted him so much that she hadn’t noticed how close he’d gotten. Now she finally found that they were lying so close together.

Ashton cleared his throat awkwardly. “Uh… I was just following your method for getting me to sleep. Is there something wrong with that?”

Briar was speechless. ‘Seriously, can you at least try to have some shame?‘ she thought.

“Well, you can leave now. I can sleep on my own,” Briar said, kicking Ashton off the bed without a second thought. She yanked the covers over herself, burying her whole body underneath, refusing to listen to any more of his

excuses.

Only then did Ashton obediently go back to the couch and sit down.

With everything weighing on her mind, Briar woke up early the next morning. She turned her head and saw Ashton curled up on the couch. The single sofa was way too small for his long arms and legs, so he looked really uncomfortable, his brow furrowed even in his sleep. Briar quietly got up, grabbed a thin blanket, and tiptoed over to cover Ashton with it.

there was still a trace of sleepiness

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holding the blanket.

was about

the blanket from Briar, folded it a few times, and put it away. “Go wash up and

nodded. “Alright, give me ten

quick with her morning routine, and ten minutes later, she was already at Ashton’s dining

Brandon had turned up everything there was to know about Jake, from his childhood

He showed up here at fourteen, tagging along with some street thug to the outskirts. That guy was a real savage. That year, the thug took him under his wing, and together they muscled in on a bunch of territories, becoming the new kingpins of the suburbs. But when

crew just kept growing, and his turf’s expanded to more than three times what it was. He’s got some serious muscle now. That’s probably one

who was quietly eating, and hesitated before going on, “And there’s something else. Anyone who showed even a hint of disloyalty under Jake got shipped off to Ben to be lab rats. He says he was just ‘sending them off,‘ but according to Jake

her mouth. ‘So that’s how it is… Disgusting.‘ she

and kneaded the back of her/neck, trying to soothe her.

night because he was worried

a nod. “Anything else? Did you find out why

out of nowhere. And Ben wouldn’t just cut off a

“We haven’t asked about that yet. Ashton

you afraid I’ll dig up something

past you, huh? You’re right. Jake fell out with his backer

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hit Briar that ever since they’d caught Zayne, Hamish

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Briar asked. If she just went by the book,