The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 340

Chapter 342

A flicker of disappointment crossed Hastings' eyes as he heard her refusal. He hesitated, then finally said, "They say this field exercise is live-fire. Who knows if I'll make it back. Here, I want you to have this."

Citrine pressed her lips together, hesitating for a moment before finally sitting down again. She let Hastings fasten the necklace around her neck.

What Hastings didn't know was that, the moment he left, Citrine immediately took off the necklace and slipped it into her pocket.

The next day, the joint field exercise between Vermillion Vanguard and Magnolia officially began.

As an instructor, Citrine was seated in the very center of the operations room, surrounded by Vermillion Vanguard's trainers and officers, all watching the live

feed.

Someone nearby couldn't help but whisper, "General, do you think our guys have a shot at winning this?"

Citrine glanced at him and replied simply, "Yes."

But halfway

hidden blades, and before he could recover, the same opponent took a shot at him. Leo twisted just

as she watched the scene unfold on the

Hastings rushed to his side, firing a

the enemy fell, Hastings grabbed Leo and managed to drag him to safety,

tried to shove Hastings away. "Go," he gasped, "don't worry about

the first time, he was staring the possibility of a teammate's

exercise before-real bullets, real danger, and any mistake could mean someone wouldn't make it

Hastings looked at Leo and spoke with quiet conviction. "You're injured. If you run into more of them,

at him, pain etched into his face.

Did you forget what

the medicine Citrine had given

off his pack and dug out a small bottle of

take care of this, you could lose your arm. Hold on—I'm getting

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