Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Forsaken 293

Chapter 293

Chapter 293

News of Briar taking Manny away quickly reached Ashton. He returned just before lunch.

However, Briar was not at this villa.

She had returned to Moonspring Estate alone.

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While wiping the blood from his hands, Ian whispered to Ashton, “After we captured Manny this morning, the Garzas started fighting among themselves and revealed a lot. Briar was there the whole time, so after she heard everything…”

Ian sighed before taking the cigarette Ashton offered. “Briar’s been through so much. She’s only 18, but the hardships she’s endured in the past ten years… It’s more than most could imagine.”

Ian exhaled a cloud of smoke, the thin mist blurring his eyes and hiding the moisture within. “Ashton, you are aware of the massive explosion at the underground black market in Qathana five years ago, right?”

Ashton nodded. The cigarette in his hand was unlit, and he just twirled it between his fingers. “I know. I experienced that explosion firsthand as well.”

Ian was stunned. “Holy crap!”

Ashton’s gaze was distant as he gestured for Ian to continue speaking.

The shock in Ian’s eyes was almost palpable. He lowered his gaze, took a deeper drag from his cigarette, and paused for several seconds before speaking. “In that explosion, three of Briar’s friends and five of her comrades died. I also heard a man was shot dead while saving her…”

A thought suddenly struck Ian, and he said, “Ashton, you just said you personally experienced that explosion… Don’t tell me, the man who was shot… was…”

The speculation was terrifying–so much so that Ian did not dare voice it.

Ashton’s eyes darkened, but he still nodded slightly. “That man was me.”

Ian was frozen in place, utterly speechless, the shock leaving him momentarily paralyzed.

first instinct was to pull out his phone and

him. “I hope you won’t tell Briar

the past five years? Although we all

shake. The news pierced his heart

but I hope you won’t tell her yet.

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let her know

carried none of his usual lazy ease; his dark

intent.

to something, yet at the same time, he did not

put it that way, there was nothing else he could

“Alright, Ashton, I can only promise to keep this a secret for a while. You know I’m

concealed the murderous intent in his eyes and patted lan’s shoulder. “Thank you. I know it won’t

drags on his cigarette.

their dogfight. To begin with, those so–called wonder drugs that caused a sensation in Qathana’s underground black market five years ago- turns out they came

and replaced him with a Dasmiecian. It was that same Dasmiecian who secretly planted 4000 pounds of explosives underground, causing the sensational

notice the brief flicker of remorse

gaze.

sent by the Lopez family was actually someone

of Ashton’s negligence, by the time he received news of the defector, it was already too late to stop

have half of the explosives removed. He could only watch as

not just the black market but

Ashton’s men intercepted the bombing plan, promptly contacted the local authorities, and evacuated tens of thousands of residents, preventing

the biggest victim turned out to be

months but also cost her more than half of the

time, Ashton and Briar had only met a few times, so Briar bore little

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