Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 226

Chapter 226

With the Garzas captured, it was only natural that their own safe house was no longer secure.

On the way back, lan didn’t dare squeeze into the same car as Briar. After all, he was indeed in cahoots with Ashton.

When Ashton’s people reached out to him, they said that as long as he could get the Garzas out before Briar went all out and finished them off, he’d get two–thirds of the bounty.

He and Briar had a strong bond, sure, but Ashton’s offer was just too generous. There was no way he could turn it down!

The Garzas were brought back to Ashton’s basement.

With such a public exit and an equally showy return, anyone paying attention could easily tell it was Ashton’s people who took the

Garzas away.

If anything happened to the Garzas after that, all the blame would fall on Ashton and have nothing to do with Briar.

By doing this, Ashton was indirectly protecting Briar, keeping her off the radar of other factions.

After all, the 30–million–dollar bounty Briar put out was just too tempting. There were plenty of people out to kill the Garzas, but the ones backing the Garzas would inevitably set their sights on Briar.

Ashton thought to himself, ‘Briar can be angry, furious, or sad. She can even take out the Garzas however she likes. But I’ll never let anyone else láy a finger on her.

‘All those chases and brushes with death before Briar turned eighteen were already in the past, nothing I can do about them. But now, no one is allowed to threaten her life.‘

Briar watched the long convoy sweep into the villa, lips twitching despite herself. She understood why Ashton was making such a big show of things, and honestly, she couldn’t help but feel a little moved.

‘With Ashton standing so firmly by my side, protecting me no matter what, what else can I say? I’ll accept it,‘ Briar thought.

“Alright, we’ve brought them back. Now, you can do what you want with them. I won’t interfere,” Ashton said, catching the hint of a smile in Briar’s eyes. He could tell she understood and appreciated what he had done for her.

Briar nodded. “Okay.”

She brushed right past lan, ignoring his fawning expression, and headed straight for the basement. The door slammed shut behind her with a bang.

Both Ashton and lan were shocked.

Briar gets mad and I can’t land any more international jobs, you

this life?” Ashton

putting on his poor–me act, froze. “Wait, you knew about that,

instructors at the DDC Vanguard Mercenary Special Operations Base, codename Sam. You

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but he shot right back up,

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lan panicking wasn’t that his alternate identity got exposed. It was the fact that Briar had a DDC Vanguard

cover, too!

out Briar’s secret as well?‘ he thought to himself. ‘No, no, calm down,

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of security as thick as a fortress, and no

who ran the border, couldn’t possibly

Base claimed to have eight instructors, only insiders know that those

standard instructors,

on the other hand, was one of the three

handful of people in the entire world who knew the identities of

was no way Ashton could have learned about

your identity and background, I’m the boss of

lan was stunned.

back down on the couch, feeling a bit relieved. ‘From what Ashton just said, he probably still doesn’t know about

at the DDC Vanguard Mercenary Special Operations Base

wanted to see who lan might have

mercenary.

the long haul, and to keep

chances.

deeper they dug, the more they realized Jan seemed to have ties to the DDC Vanguard Mercenary Special Operations Base. it was a powerful, shadowy special

Ashton used his connections in Dasmieca to reach out to the DDC Vanguard’s external liaison, Jabari Cadman, and that

lan all the twists and turns

things difficult for you,” Ashton reassured him. “Just make sure you keep

Raising an eyebrow, he said, “Mr. Wade, now that you know who I am, you should also know that getting me to protect someone doesn’t come

meaningful look. He stared so intently that lan almost wanted to take