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."

soldiers at every turn. But halfway through, Magnolia started to play dirty, disregarding the rules and secretly

shot at him. Leo twisted just in time,

heart clenched as she watched the scene unfold on the screen. Silently,

side, firing a

Leo and managed to drag him to safety, ducking down behind

Hastings

time, he was staring the

this was different from any exercise before-real bullets, real danger, and any mistake could mean someone

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

him, pain etched into his

urgent voice, "Slow us down? Did you forget what the instructor said? We're a team. We stick together,

remembered the medicine Citrine

off his pack and dug out a small bottle of painkillers and some clotting powder, pressing

in there. If we don't take care of this, you

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