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 tell

him. “I hope you won’t tell Briar

for the past five years? Although we all thought you had been blown to ashes, she never found your

The news pierced his heart

now, but I hope you won’t tell her yet. At least,

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know that

carried none of his usual lazy ease; his dark eyes were filled

intent.

to catch on to something, yet at the same time,

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 always

and patted lan’s shoulder. “Thank you. I know it won’t be long

and took two quick drags on

other’s throats, and a lot has come to light in their dogfight. To begin with, those so–called wonder drugs that caused a sensation in Qathana’s underground black market five years ago-

to kill the original leader of the underground black market and replaced him with a Dasmiecian. It was that same Dasmiecian who secretly planted 4000 pounds of explosives

he failed to notice the brief flicker of remorse and

gaze.

was actually someone Ashton had

negligence, by the time he received news of the defector, it

only managed to have half of the explosives removed. He could only watch as the remaining thousands of pounds detonated,

plan, they had intended to destroy not just the black market but half the

the local authorities, and

biggest victim turned

also cost her more than half of the subordinates she

met a few times, so Briar bore

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