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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.

second Briar got close, his eyes snapped open. Even though there was still a trace of

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the blanket.

shook his head. “I was

Briar, folded it a few times, and put it away. “Go wash up and grab some breakfast. Once you’ve eaten, I’ll take you

“Alright, give me ten

her morning routine, and ten minutes later, she was already at Ashton’s dining table. Brandon had arrived too, briefing Ashton and Briar on

hours, Brandon had turned up everything there was to know about Jake,

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

turf’s expanded to more than three times what it was. He’s got some serious muscle now. That’s probably one of the reasons Ben noticed him,” Brandon

glanced at Briar, 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 himself, Ben paid for every

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

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

interrogate Jake in the middle of the night because he was worried she’d hear about these

Briar said with a nod. “Anything else? Did you find out why Jake

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

head. “We haven’t asked about that yet.

afraid I’ll dig up something you’d

you, huh? You’re right. Jake fell out

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

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handle the interrogation?” Briar asked. If she just went by the book, she might